Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Luzerne

Municipality: Wright township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       13,459

Household (median)                                               38,329

Family (median)                                                  42,083

  Married couple families (mean)                                 46,189

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          25,468





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             6.2

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                42.5

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            17.6

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             6.6

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                14.6

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            29.4

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  6.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                151

  Elementary or High School                                         837

  College                                                           301



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              15.4

  High school grad (%)                                             84.6

  College grad (%)                                                 27.8





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  2,290

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           21.2

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 30.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.8

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                10.7

  Mean Income                                                    19,031

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                25.5

  Mean Income                                                    40,131

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            63.8

  Mean Income                                                    50,310

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    968

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.3

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    399

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.7





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   31.5

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           30.8

  Service (%)                                                      11.5

  Farming (%)                                                       1.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             13.2

  Labor (%)                                                        12.0





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