Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Luzerne

Municipality: Jackson township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       12,511

Household (median)                                               40,881

Family (median)                                                  45,714

  Married couple families (mean)                                 66,438

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          14,041





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             3.5

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                24.0

   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 (%)                                11.9

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            42.4

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  3.0





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 60

  Elementary or High School                                         809

  College                                                           429



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              30.9

  High school grad (%)                                             69.1

  College grad (%)                                                 20.5





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,206

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           15.7

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 36.3

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.7

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 9.9

  Mean Income                                                    18,514

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                27.0

  Mean Income                                                    58,996

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            63.1

  Mean Income                                                    71,745

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    504

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    248

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.5





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   38.6

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           32.8

  Service (%)                                                       4.9

  Farming (%)                                                       1.4

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             12.8

  Labor (%)                                                         9.5





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