Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Luzerne

Municipality: Harveys Lake borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       12,471

Household (median)                                               27,875

Family (median)                                                  32,222

  Married couple families (mean)                                 39,915

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           9,763





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            10.2

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                70.5

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            58.2

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            10.5

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 2.1

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

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 15.3





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 50

  Elementary or High School                                         435

  College                                                           134



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              17.5

  High school grad (%)                                             82.5

  College grad (%)                                                 25.1





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,077

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           17.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 34.5

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         14.0

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                18.1

  Mean Income                                                    19,034

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                23.6

  Mean Income                                                    32,396

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            58.3

  Mean Income                                                    44,253

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    519

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   14.3

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    272

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.1





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   27.2

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           31.3

  Service (%)                                                      14.6

  Farming (%)                                                       1.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             13.2

  Labor (%)                                                        12.7





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