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Subject	Number	Percent	Subject	Number	Percent
EMPLOYMENT STATUS			INCOME IN 1999
Population 16 years and over	2,251	100.0	Households	1,199	100.0
In labor force	1,396	62.0	Less than $10,000	112	9.3
Civilian labor force	1,396	62.0	$10,000 to $14,999	126	10.5
Employed	1,368	60.8	$15,000 to $24,999	246	20.5
Unemployed	28	1.2	$25,000 to $34,999	184	15.3
Percent of civilian labor force	2.0	(X)	$35,000 to $49,999	264	22.0
Armed Forces	0	0.0	$50,000 to $74,999	190	15.8
Not in labor force	855	38.0	$75,000 to $99,999	37	3.1
			$100,000 to $149,999	26	2.2
Females 16 years and over	1,158	100.0	$150,000 to $199,999	5	0.4
In labor force	666	57.5	$200,000 or more	9	0.8
Civilian labor force	666	57.5	Median household income (dollars)	29,806	(X)
Employed	666	57.5

Own children under 6 years	240	100.0	With earnings	932	77.7
All parents in family in labor force	155	64.6	Mean earnings (dollars)¹	34,815	(X)
			With Social Security income	410	34.2
COMMUTING TO WORK			Mean Social Security income (dollars)¹	9,260	(X)
Workers 16 years and over	1,342	100.0	With Supplemental Security Income	68	5.7
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	1,022	76.2	Mean Supplemental Security Income
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	236	17.6	(dollars)	6,201	(X)
Public transportation (including taxicab)	0	0.0	With public assistance income	0	0.0
Walked	14	1.0	Mean public assistance income (dollars)¹	N/A	(X)
Other means	12	0.9	With retirement income	241	20.1
Worked at home	58	4.3	Mean retirement income (dollars)¹	14,566	(X)
Mean travel time to work (minutes)¹	29.0	(X)
			Families	863	100.0
Employed civilian population			Less than $10,000	38	4.4
16 years and over	1,368	100.0	$10,000 to $14,999	60	7.0
OCCUPATION			$15,000 to $24,999	186	21.6
Management, professional, and related			$25,000 to $34,999	128	14.8
occupations	324	23.7	$35,000 to $49,999	238	27.6
Service occupations	204	14.9	$50,000 to $74,999	156	18.1
Sales and office occupations	371	27.1	$75,000 to $99,999	32	3.7
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	9	0.7	$100,000 to $149,999	11	1.3
Construction, extraction, and maintenance			150,000 to $199,999	5	0.6
occupations	265	19.4	$200,000 or more	9	1.0
Production, transportation, and material			Median family income (dollars)	35,633	(X)
moving occupations	195	14.3
			Per capita income (dollars)¹	15,799	(X)
INDUSTRY			*Median earnings (dollars):*
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting			Male full-time, year-round workers	24,958	(X)
and mining	14	1.0	Female full-time, year-round workers	19,653	(X)
Construction	203	14.8	______________________	_______	_______
Manufacturing	125	9.1		Number	Percent
Wholesale trade	54	3.9		below	below
Retail trade	178	13.0		poverty	poverty
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	45	3.3	Subject	level	level
Information	32	2.3	______________________	_______	_______
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental			POVERTY STATUS IN 1999
and leasing	42	3.1	Families	60	7.0
Professional, scientific, management, admini-			With related children under 18 years	49	12.3
strative, and waste management services	75	5.5	With related children under 5 years	21	14.1
Educational, health and social services	317	23.2
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation			Families with female householder,
and food services	100	7.3	no husband present	21	17.2
Other services (except public administration)	102	7.5	With related children under 18 years	21	27.6
Public administration	81	5.9	With related children under 5 years	9	37.5
CLASS OF WORKER			Individuals	275	9.6
Private wage and salary workers	946	69.2	18 years and over	193	8.8
Government workers	263	19.2	65 years and over	51	12.3
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated			Related children under 18 years	82	12.2
business	152	11.1	Related children 5 to 17 years	42	8.6
Unpaid family workers	7	0.5	Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	87	21.6

-Represent zero or rounds to zero. (X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.