Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Susquehanna

Municipality: Forest City borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,607

Household (median)                                               18,629

Family (median)                                                  26,312

  Married couple families (mean)                                 33,029

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          10,526





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             6.8

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                54.5

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            72.2

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             9.1

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                      100.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                10.7

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            73.3

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  9.4





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 42

  Elementary or High School                                         231

  College                                                            25



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              33.3

  High school grad (%)                                             66.7

  College grad (%)                                                 11.3





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    648

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           31.0

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 27.6

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         10.4

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                27.7

  Mean Income                                                    18,588

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                26.2

  Mean Income                                                    31,585

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            46.1

  Mean Income                                                    36,656

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    314

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   11.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    113

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.9





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   17.1

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           24.2

  Service (%)                                                      18.1

  Farming (%)                                                       2.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             11.4

  Labor (%)                                                        27.2





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