Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Luzerne

Municipality: Nescopeck borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,210

Household (median)                                               23,097

Family (median)                                                  26,410

  Married couple families (mean)                                 33,225

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          16,462





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             4.0

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                47.4

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            22.2

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             8.2

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                10.3

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            77.4

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  7.4





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 31

  Elementary or High School                                         236

  College                                                            63



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              28.9

  High school grad (%)                                             71.1

  College grad (%)                                                 15.7





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    782

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           39.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 19.7

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.2

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                15.3

  Mean Income                                                    16,977

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                26.3

  Mean Income                                                    24,568

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            58.4

  Mean Income                                                    37,646

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    372

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    6.5

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    137

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.5





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   13.0

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           25.8

  Service (%)                                                       9.3

  Farming (%)                                                       0.8

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             18.5

  Labor (%)                                                        32.5





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