Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Wayne

Municipality: Prompton borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,313

Household (median)                                               26,250

Family (median)                                                  30,972

  Married couple families (mean)                                 32,346

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          27,875





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             6.9

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                40.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                           100.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             7.9

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                15.2

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            40.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 11.1





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  0

  Elementary or High School                                          26

  College                                                             4



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              12.5

  High school grad (%)                                             87.5

  College grad (%)                                                  8.9





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    113

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           13.3

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 36.3

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          0.0

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                22.2

  Mean Income                                                    14,644

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                13.9

  Mean Income                                                    30,628

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            63.9

  Mean Income                                                    35,966

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                     48

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     12

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                    7.1

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           38.1

  Service (%)                                                      20.4

  Farming (%)                                                       1.8

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             23.9

  Labor (%)                                                         8.8





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