Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Cumberland

Municipality: Penn township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       12,105

Household (median)                                               33,730

Family (median)                                                  34,688

  Married couple families (mean)                                 40,694

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          15,699





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             3.7

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                60.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            73.3

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             4.6

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                       35.3

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 9.3

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            45.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  6.8





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 34

  Elementary or High School                                         504

  College                                                            76



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              31.5

  High school grad (%)                                             68.5

  College grad (%)                                                 13.2





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,293

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           24.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 23.0

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.9

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 6.2

  Mean Income                                                    16,147

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                22.6

  Mean Income                                                    28,855

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            71.2

  Mean Income                                                    43,794

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    575

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.7

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    247

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.5





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   14.8

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           25.8

  Service (%)                                                      11.8

  Farming (%)                                                      10.1

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             11.7

  Labor (%)                                                        25.9





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