Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Susquehanna

Municipality: Oakland borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,088

Household (median)                                               20,583

Family (median)                                                  23,906

  Married couple families (mean)                                 30,639

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          16,460





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            17.2

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                75.9

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            27.3

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            18.6

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                19.7

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            60.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 28.2





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 14

  Elementary or High School                                         134

  College                                                            19



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              22.9

  High school grad (%)                                             77.1

  College grad (%)                                                  7.0





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    265

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           45.7

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 18.9

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         11.7

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 9.5

  Mean Income                                                    10,228

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                37.9

  Mean Income                                                    18,829

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            52.7

  Mean Income                                                    38,098

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    121

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   12.4

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     57

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.2





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   10.2

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           22.3

  Service (%)                                                      10.6

  Farming (%)                                                       1.1

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             18.5

  Labor (%)                                                        37.4





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