Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Luzerne

Municipality: Bear Creek township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       19,250

Household (median)                                               33,782

Family (median)                                                  37,083

  Married couple families (mean)                                 65,071

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           7,930





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             3.4

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                30.8

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                           100.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             4.2

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                10.2

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            42.1

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  1.6





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 24

  Elementary or High School                                         441

  College                                                           182



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              15.4

  High school grad (%)                                             84.6

  College grad (%)                                                 31.6





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,182

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           15.6

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 37.8

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          7.7

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                12.9

  Mean Income                                                    20,075

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                27.2

  Mean Income                                                    66,907

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            59.9

  Mean Income                                                    66,147

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    539

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    6.3

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    232

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.2





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   33.8

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           29.4

  Service (%)                                                       9.3

  Farming (%)                                                       0.7

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             13.3

  Labor (%)                                                        13.5





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