Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Wyoming

Municipality: Falls township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,471

Household (median)                                               25,500

Family (median)                                                  28,580

  Married couple families (mean)                                 32,895

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          12,297





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            11.9

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                78.5

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            45.1

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            14.3

  Black                                                            50.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 9.2

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            54.5

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 24.1





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 30

  Elementary or High School                                         524

  College                                                            90



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              24.0

  High school grad (%)                                             76.0

  College grad (%)                                                 17.5





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    898

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           25.7

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 30.8

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.9

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                13.5

  Mean Income                                                    14,537

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                31.6

  Mean Income                                                    23,639

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            54.8

  Mean Income                                                    39,456

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    382

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    5.2

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    151

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.7





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   14.9

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           27.4

  Service (%)                                                      14.4

  Farming (%)                                                       3.8

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             16.7

  Labor (%)                                                        22.8





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