Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Forest

Municipality: Kingsley township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        8,141

Household (median)                                               16,406

Family (median)                                                  18,977

  Married couple families (mean)                                 23,313

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           7,680





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             7.5

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                               100.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            40.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            12.2

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 4.7

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                             0.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 18.8





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  0

  Elementary or High School                                          34

  College                                                             2



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              31.9

  High school grad (%)                                             68.1

  College grad (%)                                                  4.3





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                     47

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           10.6

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 36.2

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         19.0

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                41.8

  Mean Income                                                    15,412

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                28.4

  Mean Income                                                    20,203

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            29.9

  Mean Income                                                    33,835

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                     21

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   14.3

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     10

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   10.6

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           27.7

  Service (%)                                                      21.3

  Farming (%)                                                       0.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              6.4

  Labor (%)                                                        34.0





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