Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Luzerne

Municipality: Nuangola borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       12,841

Household (median)                                               28,571

Family (median)                                                  31,000

  Married couple families (mean)                                 38,990

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          14,923





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             2.0

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                50.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                           100.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             3.2

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 8.6

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            66.7

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  3.1





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 10

  Elementary or High School                                          93

  College                                                            33



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              24.1

  High school grad (%)                                             75.9

  College grad (%)                                                 31.1





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    313

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           23.0

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 32.6

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          6.6

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                14.4

  Mean Income                                                    29,144

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                29.2

  Mean Income                                                    24,585

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            56.4

  Mean Income                                                    45,693

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    138

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.3

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     54

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.7





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   28.1

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           24.9

  Service (%)                                                       9.9

  Farming (%)                                                       0.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             18.8

  Labor (%)                                                        18.2





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