Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Luzerne

Municipality: Sugar Notch borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,358

Household (median)                                               22,738

Family (median)                                                  27,198

  Married couple families (mean)                                 33,112

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          21,846





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             5.9

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                64.7

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            54.5

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             8.9

  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 (%)                            65.2

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 14.8





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 18

  Elementary or High School                                         136

  College                                                            47



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              33.5

  High school grad (%)                                             66.5

  College grad (%)                                                 11.9





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    475

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           17.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 30.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          6.5

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                21.5

  Mean Income                                                    15,722

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                24.2

  Mean Income                                                    31,332

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            54.3

  Mean Income                                                    37,511

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    223

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.6

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     88

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.4





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   14.5

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           24.4

  Service (%)                                                      20.6

  Farming (%)                                                       0.4

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             17.1

  Labor (%)                                                        22.9





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