Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Cumberland

Municipality: Hopewell township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,876

Household (median)                                               33,553

Family (median)                                                  35,846

  Married couple families (mean)                                 39,374

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          20,614





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             4.8

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                69.2

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                             0.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             7.0

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 9.1

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            20.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  9.3





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 12

  Elementary or High School                                         373

  College                                                            90



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              28.2

  High school grad (%)                                             71.8

  College grad (%)                                                 16.6





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,008

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           19.9

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 24.8

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          1.5

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 8.8

  Mean Income                                                    19,294

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                23.0

  Mean Income                                                    28,712

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            68.1

  Mean Income                                                    43,606

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    433

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    197

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   18.4

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           23.8

  Service (%)                                                      12.6

  Farming (%)                                                       8.2

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             14.7

  Labor (%)                                                        22.3





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