Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Luzerne

Municipality: Sugarloaf township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       19,821

Household (median)                                               40,040

Family (median)                                                  43,611

  Married couple families (mean)                                 72,350

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          18,223





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             2.3

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                40.9

   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 (%)                                10.6

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            43.2

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  2.1





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 66

  Elementary or High School                                         552

  College                                                           497



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              17.1

  High school grad (%)                                             82.9

  College grad (%)                                                 30.1





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,654

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           23.3

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 28.7

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.7

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                13.9

  Mean Income                                                    25,802

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                24.9

  Mean Income                                                    61,102

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            61.1

  Mean Income                                                    80,631

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    722

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    5.3

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    302

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.6





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   26.0

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           28.8

  Service (%)                                                      12.6

  Farming (%)                                                       1.9

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             12.0

  Labor (%)                                                        18.6





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