Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Susquehanna

Municipality: Little Meadows borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,746

Household (median)                                               37,955

Family (median)                                                  39,545

  Married couple families (mean)                                 43,677

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           5,333





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             5.8

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                               100.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                           100.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             7.5

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                14.3

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

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 10.9





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  5

  Elementary or High School                                          98

  College                                                            12



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              19.1

  High school grad (%)                                             80.9

  College grad (%)                                                 20.9





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    165

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           17.6

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 28.5

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.6

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                10.6

  Mean Income                                                     7,946

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                17.3

  Mean Income                                                    29,929

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            72.1

  Mean Income                                                    47,183

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                     74

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    8.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     39

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.5





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   29.1

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           26.7

  Service (%)                                                      16.4

  Farming (%)                                                       3.6

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              7.9

  Labor (%)                                                        16.4





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