Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Wyoming

Municipality: Northmoreland township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       12,052

Household (median)                                               28,750

Family (median)                                                  34,063

  Married couple families (mean)                                 40,623

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          14,869





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             7.6

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                76.7

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            26.1

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            10.2

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                14.6

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            47.6

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 15.1





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 24

  Elementary or High School                                         283

  College                                                            46



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              20.2

  High school grad (%)                                             79.8

  College grad (%)                                                 16.8





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    677

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           28.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 28.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.4

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                13.2

  Mean Income                                                    30,318

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                21.8

  Mean Income                                                    32,240

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            65.1

  Mean Income                                                    43,657

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    296

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    124

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   19.9

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           25.1

  Service (%)                                                      12.7

  Farming (%)                                                       3.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             13.1

  Labor (%)                                                        26.1





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