Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Lackawana

Municipality: Moosic borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       12,840

Household (median)                                               27,670

Family (median)                                                  32,412

  Married couple families (mean)                                 41,753

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          14,162





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             5.3

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                91.4

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            43.2

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             6.4

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                      100.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 4.2

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                           100.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 13.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 89

  Elementary or High School                                         627

  College                                                           325



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              20.4

  High school grad (%)                                             79.6

  College grad (%)                                                 14.5





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  2,668

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           20.2

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 20.9

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.9

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                14.0

  Mean Income                                                    15,995

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                26.2

  Mean Income                                                    29,618

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            59.8

  Mean Income                                                    47,061

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,294

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    5.4

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    343

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.2





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   16.2

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           35.5

  Service (%)                                                      14.0

  Farming (%)                                                       0.6

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             14.0

  Labor (%)                                                        19.8





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