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Subject	Number	Percent	Subject	Number	Percent
EMPLOYMENT STATUS			INCOME IN 1999
Population 16 years and over	5,111	100.0	Households	2,626	100.0
In labor force	3,104	60.7	Less than $10,000	232	8.8
Civilian labor force	3,100	60.7	$10,000 to $14,999	197	7.5
Employed	3,057	59.8	$15,000 to $24,999	517	19.7
Unemployed	43	0.8	$25,000 to $34,999	376	14.3
Percent of civilian labor force	1.4	(X)	$35,000 to $49,999	505	19.2
Armed Forces	4	0.1	$50,000 to $74,999	578	22.0
Not in labor force	2,007	39.3	$75,000 to $99,999	174	6.6
			$100,000 to $149,999	33	1.3
Females 16 years and over	2,708	100.0	$150,000 to $199,999	10	0.4
In labor force	1,509	55.7	$200,000 or more	4	0.2
Civilian labor force	1,505	55.6	Median household income (dollars)	34,683	(X)
Employed	1,475	54.5

Own children under 6 years	372	100.0	With earnings	2,089	79.6
All parents in family in labor force	212	57.0	Mean earnings (dollars)¹	38,918	(X)
			With Social Security income	812	30.9
COMMUTING TO WORK			Mean Social Security income (dollars)¹	10,828	(X)
Workers 16 years and over	2,956	100.0	With Supplemental Security Income	88	3.4
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	2,524	85.4	Mean Supplemental Security Income
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	383	13.0	(dollars)	6,652	(X)
Public transportation (including taxicab)	0	0.0	With public assistance income	70	2.7
Walked	13	0.4	Mean public assistance income (dollars)¹	1,243	(X)
Other means	0	0.0	With retirement income	365	13.9
Worked at home	36	1.2	Mean retirement income (dollars)¹	13,761	(X)
Mean travel time to work (minutes)¹	26.8	(X)
			Families	1,997	100.0
Employed civilian population			Less than $10,000	95	4.8
16 years and over	3,057	100.0	$10,000 to $14,999	108	5.4
OCCUPATION			$15,000 to $24,999	342	17.1
Management, professional, and related			$25,000 to $34,999	307	15.4
occupations	688	22.5	$35,000 to $49,999	431	21.6
Service occupations	347	11.4	$50,000 to $74,999	518	25.9
Sales and office occupations	687	22.5	$75,000 to $99,999	149	7.5
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	82	2.7	$100,000 to $149,999	33	1.7
Construction, extraction, and maintenance			150,000 to $199,999	10	0.5
occupations	379	12.4	$200,000 or more	4	0.2
Production, transportation, and material			Median family income (dollars)	40,701	(X)
moving occupations	874	28.6
			Per capita income (dollars)¹	16,051	(X)
INDUSTRY			*Median earnings (dollars):*
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting			Male full-time, year-round workers	30,080	(X)
and mining	95	3.1	Female full-time, year-round workers	21,681	(X)
Construction	271	8.9	______________________	_______	_______
Manufacturing	897	29.3		Number	Percent
Wholesale trade	126	4.1		below	below
Retail trade	596	19.5		poverty	poverty
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	127	4.2	Subject	level	level
Information	32	1.0	______________________	_______	_______
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental			POVERTY STATUS IN 1999
and leasing	118	3.9	Families	142	7.1
Professional, scientific, management, admini-			With related children under 18 years	90	10.4
strative, and waste management services	74	2.4	With related children under 5 years	44	16.6
Educational, health and social services	462	15.1
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation			Families with female householder,
and food services	70	2.3	no husband present	28	11.4
Other services (except public administration)	126	4.1	With related children under 18 years	21	13.2
Public administration	63	2.1	With related children under 5 years	18	62.1
CLASS OF WORKER			Individuals	616	9.7
Private wage and salary workers	2,453	80.2	18 years and over	477	9.6
Government workers	370	12.1	65 years and over	136	15.6
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated			Related children under 18 years	136	9.8
business	226	7.4	Related children 5 to 17 years	89	8.5
Unpaid family workers	8	0.3	Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	201	27.3

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