Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Luzerne

Municipality: Hunlock township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,367

Household (median)                                               27,731

Family (median)                                                  31,426

  Married couple families (mean)                                 36,850

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          42,247





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             5.3

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                44.4

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                             0.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             8.8

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                13.2

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            38.5

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 10.3





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 50

  Elementary or High School                                         482

  College                                                            93



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              32.9

  High school grad (%)                                             67.1

  College grad (%)                                                 11.4





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,139

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           26.3

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 23.7

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          6.4

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                12.6

  Mean Income                                                    15,318

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                27.0

  Mean Income                                                    41,702

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            60.4

  Mean Income                                                    39,254

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    502

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    6.8

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    209

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.9





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   13.3

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           26.2

  Service (%)                                                      10.3

  Farming (%)                                                       2.5

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             16.7

  Labor (%)                                                        31.2





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