Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Wayne

Municipality: Preston township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,942

Household (median)                                               24,837

Family (median)                                                  30,052

  Married couple families (mean)                                 34,158

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          15,774





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             8.9

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                50.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            28.6

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            11.6

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                16.8

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            31.3

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 13.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  8

  Elementary or High School                                         203

  College                                                            16



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              27.9

  High school grad (%)                                             72.1

  College grad (%)                                                 19.7





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    465

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           15.3

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 33.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          6.3

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                22.7

  Mean Income                                                    15,618

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                24.6

  Mean Income                                                    31,128

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            52.7

  Mean Income                                                    39,980

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    205

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    8.3

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     84

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.2





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   17.4

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           26.7

  Service (%)                                                      14.6

  Farming (%)                                                       9.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             17.2

  Labor (%)                                                        15.1





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