Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Luzerne

Municipality: Wyoming borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       14,745

Household (median)                                               21,201

Family (median)                                                  31,071

  Married couple families (mean)                                 44,917

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          17,269





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             8.4

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                45.3

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            73.5

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            10.2

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                13.1

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            70.7

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 13.1





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 48

  Elementary or High School                                         430

  College                                                           185



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              21.8

  High school grad (%)                                             78.2

  College grad (%)                                                 24.7





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,449

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           20.0

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 36.0

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.9

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                17.3

  Mean Income                                                    18,125

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                26.3

  Mean Income                                                    24,318

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            56.4

  Mean Income                                                    60,886

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    693

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.6

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    246

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.6





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   24.6

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           36.1

  Service (%)                                                      12.7

  Farming (%)                                                       0.9

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             10.2

  Labor (%)                                                        15.5





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