Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Luzerne

Municipality: West Wyoming borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       12,381

Household (median)                                               26,130

Family (median)                                                  33,022

  Married couple families (mean)                                 38,078

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          16,327





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             8.1

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                56.6

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            53.5

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             9.3

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 8.4

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            63.5

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 11.0





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 38

  Elementary or High School                                         385

  College                                                           194



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              28.8

  High school grad (%)                                             71.2

  College grad (%)                                                 14.6





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,457

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           19.3

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 34.0

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          6.4

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                16.4

  Mean Income                                                    17,566

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                25.8

  Mean Income                                                    23,251

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            57.8

  Mean Income                                                    47,682

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    745

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    8.6

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    310

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.4





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   16.3

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           35.1

  Service (%)                                                      12.8

  Farming (%)                                                       1.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             11.3

  Labor (%)                                                        23.4





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