Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Susquehanna

Municipality: Middletown township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,059

Household (median)                                               23,750

Family (median)                                                  27,708

  Married couple families (mean)                                 35,149

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           7,014





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            15.8

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                73.3

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            63.6

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            21.1

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                20.5

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            75.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 33.0





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  5

  Elementary or High School                                          73

  College                                                             9



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              16.1

  High school grad (%)                                             83.9

  College grad (%)                                                 18.2





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    149

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           22.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 25.5

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          6.8

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                15.8

  Mean Income                                                    12,711

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                35.8

  Mean Income                                                    24,469

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            48.4

  Mean Income                                                    44,323

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                     55

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    9.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     32

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   22.8

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           18.1

  Service (%)                                                       7.4

  Farming (%)                                                      14.1

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             14.1

  Labor (%)                                                        23.5





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