Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Schuylkill

Municipality: Deer Lake borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       14,134

Household (median)                                               36,806

Family (median)                                                  39,375

  Married couple families (mean)                                 43,948

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          14,500





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             2.6

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                50.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                             0.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             3.0

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                10.5

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            33.3

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  1.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  4

  Elementary or High School                                          91

  College                                                            25



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              19.8

  High school grad (%)                                             80.2

  College grad (%)                                                 24.5





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    280

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           34.3

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 25.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.8

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 8.3

  Mean Income                                                    12,970

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                21.8

  Mean Income                                                    29,643

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            69.9

  Mean Income                                                    50,972

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    133

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    5.3

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     52

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   28.6

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           25.7

  Service (%)                                                      12.1

  Farming (%)                                                       0.7

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             12.9

  Labor (%)                                                        20.0





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