Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Pike

Municipality: Lackawaxen township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,778

Household (median)                                               21,899

Family (median)                                                  28,071

  Married couple families (mean)                                 32,936

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           6,055





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             7.5

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                87.3

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            34.5

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             9.5

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                       27.8

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 7.9

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            28.9

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 14.1





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 53

  Elementary or High School                                         539

  College                                                            99



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              25.1

  High school grad (%)                                             74.9

  College grad (%)                                                 15.7





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,128

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                            4.0

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 42.9

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.7

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                20.2

  Mean Income                                                    17,354

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                24.3

  Mean Income                                                    25,409

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            55.5

  Mean Income                                                    39,537

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    532

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.9

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    220

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.7





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   12.7

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           33.5

  Service (%)                                                      16.4

  Farming (%)                                                       5.5

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             16.1

  Labor (%)                                                        15.8





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