Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Susquehanna

Municipality: Lenox township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,884

Household (median)                                               22,440

Family (median)                                                  25,954

  Married couple families (mean)                                 31,380

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           8,522





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            14.1

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                76.6

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            42.9

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            17.5

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                      100.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                21.2

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            42.2

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 26.8





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 28

  Elementary or High School                                         278

  College                                                            36



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              24.7

  High school grad (%)                                             75.3

  College grad (%)                                                 18.8





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    657

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           19.2

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 24.7

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          6.0

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                16.0

  Mean Income                                                    13,429

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                35.4

  Mean Income                                                    22,236

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            48.6

  Mean Income                                                    39,587

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    250

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    7.6

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    100

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.5





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   19.8

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           19.8

  Service (%)                                                      12.2

  Farming (%)                                                      12.2

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             17.0

  Labor (%)                                                        19.0





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