Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Wayne

Municipality: Lake township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,003

Household (median)                                               29,004

Family (median)                                                  32,717

  Married couple families (mean)                                 37,611

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          11,024





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             6.7

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                79.7

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            85.1

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             7.5

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                10.3

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            82.2

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 12.6





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 33

  Elementary or High School                                         620

  College                                                           104



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              19.8

  High school grad (%)                                             80.2

  College grad (%)                                                 22.9





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,376

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           17.7

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 25.9

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          6.5

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                16.4

  Mean Income                                                    15,380

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                23.9

  Mean Income                                                    28,542

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            59.6

  Mean Income                                                    43,416

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    638

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    7.5

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    274

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.9





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   18.9

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           24.5

  Service (%)                                                      17.2

  Farming (%)                                                       3.7

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             18.2

  Labor (%)                                                        17.5





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