Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Cumberland

Municipality: Southampton township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,148

Household (median)                                               31,096

Family (median)                                                  33,716

  Married couple families (mean)                                 36,145

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          22,257





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             5.6

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                87.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            10.6

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             8.5

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 5.2

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            43.8

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 14.1





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 56

  Elementary or High School                                         723

  College                                                            98



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              35.3

  High school grad (%)                                             64.7

  College grad (%)                                                 12.0





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,769

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           28.7

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 23.0

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.8

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 9.4

  Mean Income                                                    21,889

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                25.5

  Mean Income                                                    25,140

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            65.1

  Mean Income                                                    40,823

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    817

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    8.3

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    334

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   12.4

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           24.3

  Service (%)                                                      13.0

  Farming (%)                                                       5.1

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             11.6

  Labor (%)                                                        33.5





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