Pike County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Out of the 49 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 20 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 26 industries reported employment loss in the period.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Pike County

The Traveler accommodation industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 234 jobs in that time period. The declines in the Traveler accommodation industry make up 40.5 percent of the total employment decline in Pike County, Pennsylvania.

Top 5 Industries
1. Traveler accommodation (234 jobs lost)
2. Offices of real estate agents and brokers (190 jobs lost)
3. Grocery stores (74 jobs lost)
4. Private households (25 jobs lost)
5. Limited-service eating places (11 jobs lost)

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Pike County

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Full-service restaurants industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 94 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Full-service restaurants industry makes up 20.7 percent of the total employment growth in Pike County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (94 new jobs)
2. Building material and supplies dealers (92 new jobs)
3. Building finishing contractors (38 new jobs)
4. Gasoline stations (36 new jobs)
5. Activities related to real estate (29 new jobs)

In Pike County, Pennsylvania, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has decreased by 298 total jobs from 2005 to 2006.

Pike County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 170.0 percent from 2005 to 2006. This industry in Pike County has expanded faster than the industry job growth experienced in Pennsylvania, where the industry took a loss of 1.7 percent. The Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers industry in Pike County outpaced the United States, which experienced a gained 0.2 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (170.0 percent gain)
2. Office supplies, stationery, and gift stores (145.0 percent gain)
3. Lessors of real estate (143.5 percent gain)
4. Building finishing contractors (116.5 percent gain)
5. Utility system construction (93.5 percent gain)

Pike County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Private households industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 83.3 percent from 2005 (Q2) to 2006 (Q2). The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the Pennsylvania, where the industry felt a loss of 46.1 percent. The losses in the Private households industry in Pike County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation gained 1.9 percent in terms of employees in the Private households industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Private households (83.3 percent decline)
2. Offices of real estate agents and brokers (58.8 percent decline)
3. Other support services (31.6 percent decline)
4. Furniture stores (26.3 percent decline)
5. Traveler accommodation (20.9 percent decline)

Total employment has decreased by 3.4 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. This is greater than percent in the State of Pennsylvania, which experienced a gain of 1.1 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The losses felt were greater than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2.0 percent.





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 Pike County, Pennsylvania

When compared to other counties (or parishes) across the United States, Pike County, Pennsylvania can be recognized as having a poverty rate amid the residents with a poverty rate of 6.9 percent of the individuals existing in families with incomes under the poverty level in 1999. The American Indian and Alaska Native race/ethnicity demographic group, represents the largest rate of poverty with 22.2 percent of the 2000 population living in poverty. People that are of the age 5 years have the largest percent of population in poverty in Pike County, having 13.7 percent of the population in this age category living in poverty.

The Asian householders in the area have reported their median household incomes at $70,688. This median is 35.4 percent greater than the reported median household income for all households in the area. Black or African American householders reported household income levels that were 28.3 percent greater than the total 2000 reported median, with a their median reported to be $66,938. Hispanic Householders in Pike County, Pennsylvania recorded a median income of $55,374, this median household income is 6.1 percent greater than the reported median household income for all households in the area. In Pike County, Pennsylvania White headed households reported household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $51,495 according to the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 1.3 percent less than the median in the year 2000. The American Indian and Alaska Native headed households in Pike County reported an income level of $89,771, which was 72 percent greater than the median for all households.

When compared to other counties (and parishes) throughout the United States, Pike County reported a relatively high median household income of $52,191 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This figure is 10.1 percent higher than the median income in State of Pennsylvania of $46,924 and the median is 5.9 percent higher than the median household income level in the US of $49,133.







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