Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Susquehanna

Municipality: Silver Lake township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       13,831

Household (median)                                               36,346

Family (median)                                                  39,602

  Married couple families (mean)                                 44,973

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           8,671





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             6.7

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                73.3

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            22.7

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             8.3

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                17.2

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            88.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  9.8





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 33

  Elementary or High School                                         313

  College                                                            51



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              14.9

  High school grad (%)                                             85.1

  College grad (%)                                                 29.5





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    726

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           19.4

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 23.7

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.8

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                11.2

  Mean Income                                                    20,420

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                23.1

  Mean Income                                                    29,398

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            65.6

  Mean Income                                                    51,561

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    322

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    5.3

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    136

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.1





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   25.1

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           30.2

  Service (%)                                                       7.7

  Farming (%)                                                       2.8

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             20.9

  Labor (%)                                                        13.4





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