Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Cumberland

Municipality: Lower Allen township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       18,304

Household (median)                                               37,461

Family (median)                                                  44,456

  Married couple families (mean)                                 56,913

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          21,042





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             2.3

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                79.3

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            82.2

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             2.6

  Black                                                            42.4

  Other race                                                      100.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 3.3

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            92.7

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  4.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                226

  Elementary or High School                                       1,747

  College                                                           658



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              17.0

  High school grad (%)                                             83.0

  College grad (%)                                                 30.0





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  7,029

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                            9.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 30.5

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.2

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                14.4

  Mean Income                                                    32,277

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                24.7

  Mean Income                                                    60,365

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            60.9

  Mean Income                                                    55,790

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  3,398

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                  1,085

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.5





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   30.9

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           41.8

  Service (%)                                                       8.9

  Farming (%)                                                       0.8

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              6.9

  Labor (%)                                                        10.7





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