Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Sullivan

Municipality: Dushore borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,747

Household (median)                                               17,037

Family (median)                                                  30,326

  Married couple families (mean)                                 34,815

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          10,940





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             4.4

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                               100.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            87.5

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             9.1

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                16.8

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            96.8

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  8.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 12

  Elementary or High School                                         116

  College                                                             9



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              23.3

  High school grad (%)                                             76.7

  College grad (%)                                                 15.5





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    301

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           32.9

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 19.9

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.4

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                16.1

  Mean Income                                                    16,763

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                31.1

  Mean Income                                                    26,156

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            52.8

  Mean Income                                                    40,149

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    143

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.9

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     49

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   16.3

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           34.2

  Service (%)                                                      11.0

  Farming (%)                                                       1.7

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             14.0

  Labor (%)                                                        22.9





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