Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Luzerne

Municipality: Salem township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       12,797

Household (median)                                               28,301

Family (median)                                                  32,832

  Married couple families (mean)                                 41,815

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          18,106





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             4.4

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                88.1

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            50.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             7.8

  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 (%)                            75.8

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 14.3





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 91

  Elementary or High School                                         715

  College                                                           149



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              25.9

  High school grad (%)                                             74.1

  College grad (%)                                                 15.1





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  2,064

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           33.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 23.8

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.9

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                19.0

  Mean Income                                                    16,555

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                24.7

  Mean Income                                                    33,133

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            56.3

  Mean Income                                                    48,224

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    955

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.8

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    431

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.5





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   21.8

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           28.7

  Service (%)                                                      10.9

  Farming (%)                                                       3.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             11.1

  Labor (%)                                                        24.5





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