Municipal Socio-Economic Profile
County: Luzerne
Municipality: Laurel Run borough
INCOME
Per Capita 10,730
Household (median) 26,917
Family (median) 30,395
Married couple families (mean) 33,418
Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean) 19,271
POVERTY
Families in Poverty (%) 6.0
Families w/children in poverty (%) 100.0
Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%) 50.0
Persons in Poverty (%)
White 8.7
Black 0.0
Other race 0.0
Hispanic 0.0
Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%) 8.8
Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%) 50.0
Children (under 18) in poverty (%) 13.4
EDUCATION
Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school
Pre-primary school 7
Elementary or High School 149
College 47
Total Persons age 25 and over
Less than a High School Diploma (%) 23.6
High school grad (%) 76.4
College grad (%) 14.9
EMPLOYMENT
Employed persons age 16 and over 361
Employed in manufacturing industry (%) 21.6
Employed in service industry (%) 29.9
Unemployment rate - 1989 4.7
Families with no workers - 1989 (%) 8.5
Mean Income 13,565
Families with one worker - 1989 (%) 32.0
Mean Income 26,073
Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%) 59.5
Mean Income 37,256
Females age 16 and over
In labor force 157
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 5.1
Females age 16 and over, with children
In labor force 66
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 1.1
OCCUPATION
Employed persons age 16 and over
Managerial (%) 17.5
Sales and suppport (%) 36.3
Service (%) 13.0
Farming (%) 0.0
Craft and Repair (%) 14.1
Labor (%) 19.1
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