Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Luzerne

Municipality: West Pittston borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       12,512

Household (median)                                               24,004

Family (median)                                                  31,741

  Married couple families (mean)                                 38,968

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          27,227





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             5.6

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                74.7

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            41.5

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             9.7

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 9.6

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            87.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 15.0





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 85

  Elementary or High School                                         739

  College                                                           381



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              22.9

  High school grad (%)                                             77.1

  College grad (%)                                                 22.3





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  2,369

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           23.3

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 30.3

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.4

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                19.3

  Mean Income                                                    16,947

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                31.0

  Mean Income                                                    40,426

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            49.7

  Mean Income                                                    43,705

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,141

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    5.3

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    352

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.2





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   22.9

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           33.2

  Service (%)                                                      13.4

  Farming (%)                                                       0.6

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             11.0

  Labor (%)                                                        18.8





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