Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Lackawana

Municipality: Archbald borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,799

Household (median)                                               27,590

Family (median)                                                  33,862

  Married couple families (mean)                                 35,514

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          17,144





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             7.7

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                49.6

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            50.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             9.2

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                16.4

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            43.9

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 12.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                138

  Elementary or High School                                         906

  College                                                           353



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              28.8

  High school grad (%)                                             71.2

  College grad (%)                                                 19.8





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  2,893

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           29.4

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 25.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.5

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                17.9

  Mean Income                                                    15,053

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                20.9

  Mean Income                                                    28,392

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            61.2

  Mean Income                                                    42,545

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,419

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.7

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    518

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.1





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   19.8

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           30.5

  Service (%)                                                      11.0

  Farming (%)                                                       0.2

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             10.8

  Labor (%)                                                        27.7





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