Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Luzerne

Municipality: Swoyersville borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,619

Household (median)                                               22,239

Family (median)                                                  29,318

  Married couple families (mean)                                 35,827

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          15,713





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             5.0

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                41.8

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

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             6.0

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                11.2

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            77.9

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  5.6





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 45

  Elementary or High School                                         819

  College                                                           226



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              34.3

  High school grad (%)                                             65.7

  College grad (%)                                                 16.8





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  2,535

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           24.3

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 33.9

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.6

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                18.7

  Mean Income                                                    14,478

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                25.8

  Mean Income                                                    23,175

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            55.5

  Mean Income                                                    41,977

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,207

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.6

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    432

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.7





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   21.9

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           33.3

  Service (%)                                                      12.0

  Farming (%)                                                       0.3

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             12.9

  Labor (%)                                                        19.7





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