Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Cumberland

Municipality: East Pennsboro township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       14,996

Household (median)                                               33,482

Family (median)                                                  41,457

  Married couple families (mean)                                 46,880

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          22,316





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             1.7

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                53.6

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            13.5

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             2.7

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 5.6

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            37.8

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  3.4





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                199

  Elementary or High School                                       2,144

  College                                                         1,124



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              20.2

  High school grad (%)                                             79.8

  College grad (%)                                                 25.8





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  8,086

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           11.6

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 26.7

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.2

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                10.3

  Mean Income                                                    24,276

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                22.2

  Mean Income                                                    32,205

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            67.5

  Mean Income                                                    51,347

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  4,144

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.6

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                  1,392

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.9





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   25.8

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           41.7

  Service (%)                                                      10.6

  Farming (%)                                                       0.7

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              8.3

  Labor (%)                                                        13.0





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