Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Washington

Municipality: Deemston borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,166

Household (median)                                               22,500

Family (median)                                                  25,833

  Married couple families (mean)                                 32,560

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           7,895





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            14.0

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                71.9

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            43.5

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            15.9

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 8.2

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            70.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 25.2





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 16

  Elementary or High School                                         144

  College                                                            24



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              25.7

  High school grad (%)                                             74.3

  College grad (%)                                                 18.4





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    273

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           10.6

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 41.0

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          9.3

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                26.8

  Mean Income                                                    19,088

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                32.0

  Mean Income                                                    24,503

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            41.2

  Mean Income                                                    42,945

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    127

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    7.9

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     71

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.2





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   24.9

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           20.5

  Service (%)                                                      15.8

  Farming (%)                                                       4.4

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             14.3

  Labor (%)                                                        20.1





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