Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Cumberland

Municipality: Lower Frankford township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       12,242

Household (median)                                               30,744

Family (median)                                                  32,250

  Married couple families (mean)                                 37,150

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          16,351





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             6.9

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                83.9

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            38.5

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             8.8

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 6.3

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            50.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 15.9





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 13

  Elementary or High School                                         247

  College                                                            18



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              32.3

  High school grad (%)                                             67.7

  College grad (%)                                                 13.2





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    817

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           23.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 26.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          1.8

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 9.6

  Mean Income                                                    19,977

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                26.1

  Mean Income                                                    26,190

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            64.4

  Mean Income                                                    41,863

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    349

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.9

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    144

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.5





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   13.6

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           25.6

  Service (%)                                                      13.1

  Farming (%)                                                       4.3

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             16.0

  Labor (%)                                                        27.4





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