Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Wayne

Municipality: Hawley borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,714

Household (median)                                               18,009

Family (median)                                                  29,432

  Married couple families (mean)                                 34,962

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           8,801





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            10.2

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                71.9

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            78.3

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            13.3

  Black                                                           100.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                18.2

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            77.4

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 22.0





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 24

  Elementary or High School                                         210

  College                                                            42



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              21.7

  High school grad (%)                                             78.3

  College grad (%)                                                 21.8





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    528

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           14.6

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 35.8

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          6.0

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                18.1

  Mean Income                                                    12,671

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                25.4

  Mean Income                                                    22,849

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            56.5

  Mean Income                                                    40,396

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    281

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.6

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    101

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.4





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   22.3

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           31.8

  Service (%)                                                      15.2

  Farming (%)                                                       3.4

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             14.2

  Labor (%)                                                        13.1





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