Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Susquehanna

Municipality: Hop Bottom borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        8,432

Household (median)                                               20,804

Family (median)                                                  24,375

  Married couple families (mean)                                 28,573

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          11,975





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            15.6

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                86.7

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                             7.7

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            19.0

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                10.3

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                           100.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 26.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 15

  Elementary or High School                                          95

  College                                                             7



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              26.4

  High school grad (%)                                             73.6

  College grad (%)                                                 15.7





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    143

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           29.4

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 15.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          0.7

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 9.4

  Mean Income                                                    11,926

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                52.1

  Mean Income                                                    30,178

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            38.5

  Mean Income                                                    27,428

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                     51

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     35

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   16.1

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           11.9

  Service (%)                                                      13.3

  Farming (%)                                                       7.7

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             22.4

  Labor (%)                                                        28.7





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