Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Luzerne

Municipality: West Hazleton borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,033

Household (median)                                               20,888

Family (median)                                                  28,099

  Married couple families (mean)                                 33,169

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          13,723





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             9.8

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                65.5

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            44.7

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            10.6

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 3.0

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            61.3

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 18.8





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 36

  Elementary or High School                                         537

  College                                                           211



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              27.2

  High school grad (%)                                             72.8

  College grad (%)                                                 13.4





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,895

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           34.0

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 25.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.6

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                20.3

  Mean Income                                                    15,129

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                28.8

  Mean Income                                                    25,240

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            50.9

  Mean Income                                                    38,223

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    858

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.5

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    281

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.7





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   11.8

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           32.2

  Service (%)                                                      15.1

  Farming (%)                                                       1.5

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             13.5

  Labor (%)                                                        25.9





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