Montour County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Montour County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Services to buildings and dwellings industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 36.7 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry has seen in the Pennsylvania, where the industry reported a gain of 2.4 percent. The losses in the Services to buildings and dwellings industry in Montour County outpaced the United States industry losses overall. During this period, the United States gained 3.1 in percent of jobs in the Services to buildings and dwellings industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Services to buildings and dwellings (36.7 percent decline)
2. Home health care services (35.6 percent decline)
3. Private households (31.7 percent decline)
4. Automobile dealers (9 percent decline)
5. Automotive repair and maintenance (2 percent decline)

Montour County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Other specialty trade contractors industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 51.1 percent from the 2005 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Montour County has expanded faster than the overall industry growth seen in the State of Pennsylvania, where the industry felt a gain of 2.7 percent. The Other specialty trade contractors industry in Montour County outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US gained 6.8 percent in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other specialty trade contractors (51.1 percent gain)
2. Gasoline stations (46.4 percent gain)
3. Management and technical consulting services (32.4 percent gain)
4. Personal care services (30.6 percent gain)
5. Legal services (26.7 percent gain)

Total employment has increased by 4.9 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. This is greater than percent in the State of Pennsylvania, which saw a gain of 1.1 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). The gains in the area were greater than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2.0 percent.

Given the 19 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 5 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 12 industries reported a drop in employment.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Montour County

Given the industries in the area, the Home health care services industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 16 jobs. The declines in the Home health care services industry make up 34.8 percent of the total employment decline in Montour County, Pennsylvania.

Top 5 Industries
1. Home health care services (16 jobs lost)
2. Private households (13 jobs lost)
3. Automobile dealers (10 jobs lost)
4. Services to buildings and dwellings (6 jobs lost)
5. Nonresidential building construction (30 jobs lost)

In Montour County, Pennsylvania, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has increased by 564 jobs between mid-2005 and mid-2006.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Montour County

The Gasoline stations industry has grown the most with 22 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the Gasoline stations industry makes up 23.0 percent of the total growth in Montour County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Gasoline stations (22 new jobs)
2. Management and technical consulting services (19 new jobs)
3. Accounting and bookkeeping services (10 new jobs)
4. Child day care services (8 new jobs)
5. Other specialty trade contractors (8 new jobs)





About: This report is part 1 of 6 in the eCanned.com Industry Analysis Series.

Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW). Private Sector Employment Only.

Income and Poverty in Montour County, Pennsylvania

The households that were headed by an American Indian and Alaska Native individual in Montour County had a median household income level of $15,892, which was 64.3 percent less than the median for all households. In Montour County, Pennsylvania White headed households reported a median household income (2005 Dollars) of $44,535 as reported in 2000 by the census, which was only slightly less than the median household income in 2000. Hispanic Householders in Montour County, Pennsylvania , according to the 2000 census, had a median household income of $31,444, this median household income is 29.4 percent less than reported value of the areas total household median income for all households. Black or African American householders reported household income levels that were 18.7 percent greater than the overall reported level in 2000, with a reported median of $52,875. The Asian householders in the area have reported their median household incomes at $49,459. This household income level is 11 percent greater than the reported median household income, in the area, for all households.

Compared to other counties (and parishes) throughout the nation, Montour County was reported to have a medium-high household income of $44,548 (2005 Dollars). The income level is 5.3 percent lower than the median income in State of Pennsylvania of $46,924 and the median household income is 10.3 percent lower than the median household income level in the US of $49,133.

Evaluated with other counties (or parishes) across the nation, Montour County, Pennsylvania can be understood to have a rate of poverty among the people, accounting a rate of 8.7 percent of people living in a family with an income below the poverty level in 1999. The Hispanic race/ethnicity demographic group, represents the largest rate of poverty with 23.2 percent of the people in 2000 living in poverty. The population that is aged Under 5 years have the largest percent of population in poverty in Montour County, accounting 16.6 percent of this age group in the area living in poverty.







Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census.