Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Cumberland

Municipality: Middlesex township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       14,358

Household (median)                                               34,766

Family (median)                                                  40,923

  Married couple families (mean)                                 46,489

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          22,703





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             2.6

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                77.5

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            25.8

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             3.9

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                       50.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 2.5

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            54.5

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  5.2





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 81

  Elementary or High School                                         859

  College                                                           237



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              29.8

  High school grad (%)                                             70.2

  College grad (%)                                                 18.6





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  3,067

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           18.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 22.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.5

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 7.0

  Mean Income                                                    29,396

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                21.2

  Mean Income                                                    33,197

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            71.8

  Mean Income                                                    50,768

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,437

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    591

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.1





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   16.3

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           33.6

  Service (%)                                                      11.2

  Farming (%)                                                       1.2

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             11.1

  Labor (%)                                                        26.6





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