Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Luzerne

Municipality: Hughestown borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       12,484

Household (median)                                               27,969

Family (median)                                                  32,300

  Married couple families (mean)                                 41,871

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          18,041





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             4.8

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                58.3

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            42.9

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             6.7

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 5.6

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            86.7

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  8.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 17

  Elementary or High School                                         280

  College                                                            92



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              20.8

  High school grad (%)                                             79.2

  College grad (%)                                                 18.1





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    842

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           23.8

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 24.7

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.6

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                14.8

  Mean Income                                                    16,519

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                25.4

  Mean Income                                                    45,867

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

  Mean Income                                                    42,598

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    397

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    5.3

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    142

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.5





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   19.4

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           31.4

  Service (%)                                                       9.6

  Farming (%)                                                       0.6

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             12.4

  Labor (%)                                                        26.7





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