Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Luzerne

Municipality: Kingston township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       16,059

Household (median)                                               33,402

Family (median)                                                  38,594

  Married couple families (mean)                                 53,576

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          13,487





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             6.4

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                82.8

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            57.5

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             8.1

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 3.8

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            48.5

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 13.1





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                160

  Elementary or High School                                       1,158

  College                                                           374



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              11.6

  High school grad (%)                                             88.4

  College grad (%)                                                 28.7





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  3,347

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           16.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 29.8

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.6

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                13.1

  Mean Income                                                    26,069

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                26.0

  Mean Income                                                    43,011

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            60.9

  Mean Income                                                    56,083

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,523

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.3

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    651

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.7





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   29.5

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           34.0

  Service (%)                                                      11.3

  Farming (%)                                                       0.5

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             11.6

  Labor (%)                                                        13.1





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