Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Cumberland

Municipality: South Middleton township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       14,888

Household (median)                                               37,174

Family (median)                                                  41,233

  Married couple families (mean)                                 45,101

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          24,739





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             1.5

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                27.1

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                           100.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             3.0

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 7.5

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            56.4

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  1.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                200

  Elementary or High School                                       1,713

  College                                                           336



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              22.1

  High school grad (%)                                             77.9

  College grad (%)                                                 23.9





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  5,479

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           19.4

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 29.7

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          1.6

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                11.8

  Mean Income                                                    22,643

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                23.7

  Mean Income                                                    36,812

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            64.5

  Mean Income                                                    49,718

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  2,475

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.3

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    939

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.2





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   24.7

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           30.1

  Service (%)                                                      12.7

  Farming (%)                                                       2.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             12.6

  Labor (%)                                                        17.8





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