Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Mercer

Municipality: Lackawannock township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,669

Household (median)                                               22,115

Family (median)                                                  25,865

  Married couple families (mean)                                 31,292

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           7,300





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            13.0

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                87.5

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            30.8

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            19.6

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 9.2

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            45.5

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 34.2





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 11

  Elementary or High School                                         502

  College                                                            30



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              31.9

  High school grad (%)                                             68.1

  College grad (%)                                                 11.1





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,156

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           30.6

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 19.0

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          6.9

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                15.4

  Mean Income                                                    13,325

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                28.3

  Mean Income                                                    22,115

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            56.3

  Mean Income                                                    38,861

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    485

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.7

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    227

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.7





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   10.4

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           22.8

  Service (%)                                                      13.1

  Farming (%)                                                       4.9

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             12.9

  Labor (%)                                                        35.9





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