Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Susquehanna

Municipality: Great Bend borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,191

Household (median)                                               18,889

Family (median)                                                  25,707

  Married couple families (mean)                                 31,454

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          13,893





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             5.2

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                               100.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            44.4

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            10.8

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                23.0

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                           100.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  9.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  7

  Elementary or High School                                          95

  College                                                            13



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              28.0

  High school grad (%)                                             72.0

  College grad (%)                                                  8.1





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    289

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           29.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 22.8

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.0

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                13.9

  Mean Income                                                    17,596

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                40.5

  Mean Income                                                    21,896

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            45.7

  Mean Income                                                    36,705

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    127

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.4

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     48

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.1





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   14.2

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           29.1

  Service (%)                                                      12.5

  Farming (%)                                                       0.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             16.3

  Labor (%)                                                        28.0





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