Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Cumberland

Municipality: West Pennsboro township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       13,246

Household (median)                                               33,406

Family (median)                                                  37,500

  Married couple families (mean)                                 42,421

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          19,582





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             2.3

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                82.4

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            46.4

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             3.9

  Black                                                           100.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 6.0

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                           100.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  7.3





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 92

  Elementary or High School                                         770

  College                                                           234



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              27.8

  High school grad (%)                                             72.2

  College grad (%)                                                 18.6





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  2,540

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           23.2

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 25.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.0

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                11.6

  Mean Income                                                    32,404

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                22.2

  Mean Income                                                    28,240

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            66.2

  Mean Income                                                    46,846

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,122

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.2

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    429

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.3





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   17.6

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           28.7

  Service (%)                                                       8.7

  Farming (%)                                                       6.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             14.3

  Labor (%)                                                        24.7





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