Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Cumberland

Municipality: Hampden township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       20,380

Household (median)                                               44,250

Family (median)                                                  50,246

  Married couple families (mean)                                 65,066

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          22,952





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             1.0

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                76.7

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            45.7

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             1.8

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                       18.3

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 4.7

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            61.3

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  2.1





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                660

  Elementary or High School                                       3,413

  College                                                         1,057



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                               9.5

  High school grad (%)                                             90.5

  College grad (%)                                                 39.9





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                 10,989

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                            9.8

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 32.5

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.1

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 7.3

  Mean Income                                                    33,844

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                26.7

  Mean Income                                                    56,749

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            66.0

  Mean Income                                                    66,064

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  5,088

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.3

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                  1,852

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.4





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   35.3

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           40.3

  Service (%)                                                       7.4

  Farming (%)                                                       0.5

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              6.9

  Labor (%)                                                         9.5





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