Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Wyoming

Municipality: Monroe township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,510

Household (median)                                               27,174

Family (median)                                                  30,539

  Married couple families (mean)                                 34,022

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          15,270





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             6.4

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                90.9

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            46.7

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             7.7

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 8.7

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            68.4

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 10.8





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 13

  Elementary or High School                                         347

  College                                                            71



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              26.1

  High school grad (%)                                             73.9

  College grad (%)                                                 15.5





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    826

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           34.9

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 27.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.3

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                15.6

  Mean Income                                                    17,329

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                28.2

  Mean Income                                                    28,013

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            56.2

  Mean Income                                                    38,760

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    345

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.2

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    155

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.3





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   15.7

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           22.4

  Service (%)                                                      15.3

  Farming (%)                                                       1.9

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             18.8

  Labor (%)                                                        25.9





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