Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Wyoming

Municipality: Laceyville borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,375

Household (median)                                               21,250

Family (median)                                                  22,500

  Married couple families (mean)                                 29,735

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           9,790





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            17.6

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                89.5

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            82.4

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            17.5

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 4.0

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                           100.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 26.2





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  6

  Elementary or High School                                          86

  College                                                             8



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              21.8

  High school grad (%)                                             78.2

  College grad (%)                                                 16.1





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    180

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           46.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 20.0

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          6.3

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                10.2

  Mean Income                                                     9,729

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                49.1

  Mean Income                                                    18,485

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            40.7

  Mean Income                                                    39,294

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                     82

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   11.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     38

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.9





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   16.1

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           24.4

  Service (%)                                                       8.3

  Farming (%)                                                       2.8

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             22.8

  Labor (%)                                                        25.6





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