Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Washington

Municipality: Roscoe borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,454

Household (median)                                               21,417

Family (median)                                                  28,333

  Married couple families (mean)                                 33,963

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          12,857





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            10.2

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                70.4

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            63.2

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            12.5

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 5.9

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

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 24.8





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  2

  Elementary or High School                                         110

  College                                                            43



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              28.8

  High school grad (%)                                             71.2

  College grad (%)                                                 17.2





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    326

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           22.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 29.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          7.1

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                27.3

  Mean Income                                                    19,731

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                29.9

  Mean Income                                                    24,690

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            42.8

  Mean Income                                                    43,361

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    146

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    6.2

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     62

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   22.1

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           25.2

  Service (%)                                                      12.3

  Farming (%)                                                       0.6

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             19.0

  Labor (%)                                                        20.9





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