Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Susquehanna

Municipality: New Milford borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,664

Household (median)                                               22,125

Family (median)                                                  28,819

  Married couple families (mean)                                 32,236

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          10,593





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             6.9

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                83.3

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            60.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            11.2

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                11.1

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            88.9

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 18.2





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  7

  Elementary or High School                                         132

  College                                                            17



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              25.2

  High school grad (%)                                             74.8

  College grad (%)                                                 13.6





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    429

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           23.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 22.8

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.9

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                15.7

  Mean Income                                                    18,019

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                27.2

  Mean Income                                                    23,973

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            57.1

  Mean Income                                                    36,942

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    200

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    6.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     74

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.5





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   18.4

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           29.4

  Service (%)                                                      11.4

  Farming (%)                                                       1.4

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             11.7

  Labor (%)                                                        27.7





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