Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Susquehanna

Municipality: Forest Lake township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,108

Household (median)                                               27,016

Family (median)                                                  30,000

  Married couple families (mean)                                 35,525

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          18,744





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             7.1

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                87.5

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            19.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            10.2

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                17.1

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            63.6

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 10.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 22

  Elementary or High School                                         289

  College                                                            26



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              17.3

  High school grad (%)                                             82.7

  College grad (%)                                                 17.2





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    564

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           26.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 24.5

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.4

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                11.9

  Mean Income                                                    16,267

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                23.8

  Mean Income                                                    24,206

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            64.3

  Mean Income                                                    40,546

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    249

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.4

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    118

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   20.4

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           24.3

  Service (%)                                                      12.4

  Farming (%)                                                       4.6

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             14.9

  Labor (%)                                                        23.4





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