Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Susquehanna

Municipality: Great Bend township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       12,287

Household (median)                                               29,773

Family (median)                                                  32,634

  Married couple families (mean)                                 39,776

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          10,588





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             7.3

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                71.8

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            67.9

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             8.8

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 7.7

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            68.8

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 10.2





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 39

  Elementary or High School                                         329

  College                                                            48



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              21.4

  High school grad (%)                                             78.6

  College grad (%)                                                 19.9





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    867

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           28.3

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 27.6

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.1

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                11.7

  Mean Income                                                    20,170

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                29.6

  Mean Income                                                    27,705

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            58.7

  Mean Income                                                    44,965

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    391

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    175

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   25.1

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           28.0

  Service (%)                                                       8.9

  Farming (%)                                                       1.2

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             13.7

  Labor (%)                                                        23.1





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