Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Union

Municipality: Union township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       12,963

Household (median)                                               30,851

Family (median)                                                  32,734

  Married couple families (mean)                                 39,324

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          15,535





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             4.4

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                88.2

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            20.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             5.6

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 7.3

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            44.4

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  9.3





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 24

  Elementary or High School                                         213

  College                                                            59



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              23.3

  High school grad (%)                                             76.7

  College grad (%)                                                 24.4





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    702

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           21.7

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 32.6

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          1.5

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 8.8

  Mean Income                                                    16,960

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                22.7

  Mean Income                                                    31,121

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            68.5

  Mean Income                                                    43,543

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    306

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.9

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    126

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   28.6

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           26.2

  Service (%)                                                      11.5

  Farming (%)                                                       3.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              8.4

  Labor (%)                                                        22.2





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