Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Luzerne

Municipality: Penn Lake Park borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       14,230

Household (median)                                               35,833

Family (median)                                                  39,844

  Married couple families (mean)                                 44,106

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          14,420





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             0.0

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                 0.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                             0.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             4.3

  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 (%)                           100.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  0.0





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  3

  Elementary or High School                                          17

  College                                                            31



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                               7.8

  High school grad (%)                                             92.2

  College grad (%)                                                 34.9





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    113

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           15.9

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 39.8

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         11.0

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                19.4

  Mean Income                                                    22,651

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                14.9

  Mean Income                                                    29,546

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            65.7

  Mean Income                                                    50,995

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                     60

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   10.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     21

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.4





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   36.3

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           31.9

  Service (%)                                                       8.8

  Farming (%)                                                       0.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             15.9

  Labor (%)                                                         7.1





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