Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Butler

Municipality: Lancaster township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       13,806

Household (median)                                               34,857

Family (median)                                                  36,778

  Married couple families (mean)                                 46,092

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          16,598





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             2.8

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                77.8

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            14.3

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             4.6

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 4.7

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

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  7.6





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 52

  Elementary or High School                                         425

  College                                                           129



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              18.7

  High school grad (%)                                             81.3

  College grad (%)                                                 22.5





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,148

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           22.8

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 27.7

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.7

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 8.1

  Mean Income                                                    18,008

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                26.9

  Mean Income                                                    46,032

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            65.0

  Mean Income                                                    46,353

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    478

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.8

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    198

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   20.2

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           26.2

  Service (%)                                                      13.4

  Farming (%)                                                       2.6

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             17.2

  Labor (%)                                                        20.3





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