Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Susquehanna

Municipality: Hallstead borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,788

Household (median)                                               27,083

Family (median)                                                  29,808

  Married couple families (mean)                                 35,291

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           6,044





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            11.3

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                69.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            58.6

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            11.7

  Black                                                           100.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 9.6

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            66.7

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 18.3





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  8

  Elementary or High School                                         255

  College                                                            43



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              22.1

  High school grad (%)                                             77.9

  College grad (%)                                                 13.7





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    621

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           32.9

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 25.0

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          7.2

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                15.6

  Mean Income                                                    12,731

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                22.8

  Mean Income                                                    22,283

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            61.6

  Mean Income                                                    42,600

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    303

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    7.9

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    136

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.7





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   14.7

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           27.4

  Service (%)                                                      13.0

  Farming (%)                                                       1.4

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             15.6

  Labor (%)                                                        27.9





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