Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Sullivan

Municipality: Shrewsbury township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        8,193

Household (median)                                               18,654

Family (median)                                                  22,250

  Married couple families (mean)                                 29,702

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          32,120





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            16.0

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                61.5

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            50.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            21.0

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                42.3

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            77.3

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 16.4





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  1

  Elementary or High School                                          53

  College                                                            18



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              36.9

  High school grad (%)                                             63.1

  College grad (%)                                                  9.7





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    102

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           22.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 31.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         15.0

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                22.2

  Mean Income                                                     9,518

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                24.7

  Mean Income                                                    22,265

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            53.1

  Mean Income                                                    33,880

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                     40

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   17.5

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     19

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   21.6

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           11.8

  Service (%)                                                      11.8

  Farming (%)                                                       0.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             21.6

  Labor (%)                                                        33.3





Source:        Census of Population and Housing, 1990: Summary Tape File 3

Prepared by:   The Pennsylvania State Data Center, Penn State Harrisburg

Date Prepared: December, 1996