Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Lackawana

Municipality: Olyphant borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,923

Household (median)                                               23,330

Family (median)                                                  30,417

  Married couple families (mean)                                 37,639

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          12,143





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             6.8

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                57.1

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            61.5

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             9.4

  Black                                                            35.3

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                11.7

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            70.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 12.2





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 86

  Elementary or High School                                         796

  College                                                           165



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              29.4

  High school grad (%)                                             70.6

  College grad (%)                                                 18.5





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  2,355

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           32.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 28.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.8

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                20.0

  Mean Income                                                    13,912

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                23.0

  Mean Income                                                    24,972

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            56.9

  Mean Income                                                    44,429

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,174

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    450

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.6





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   17.6

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           29.6

  Service (%)                                                      11.5

  Farming (%)                                                       0.9

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             17.5

  Labor (%)                                                        22.9





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