Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Cumberland

Municipality: Upper Allen township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       17,698

Household (median)                                               43,598

Family (median)                                                  50,525

  Married couple families (mean)                                 62,658

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          25,215





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             0.5

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                50.0

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

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             1.6

  Black                                                            21.4

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 5.5

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            76.7

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  0.8





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                229

  Elementary or High School                                       1,792

  College                                                         2,473



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              10.8

  High school grad (%)                                             89.2

  College grad (%)                                                 40.8





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  7,314

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                            8.0

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 39.3

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.4

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 8.8

  Mean Income                                                    39,119

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                22.6

  Mean Income                                                    55,234

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            68.6

  Mean Income                                                    63,140

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  3,812

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    995

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.2





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   35.7

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           35.9

  Service (%)                                                      13.6

  Farming (%)                                                       1.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              5.3

  Labor (%)                                                         8.6





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