Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Dauphin

Municipality: East Hanover township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       15,349

Household (median)                                               38,147

Family (median)                                                  41,890

  Married couple families (mean)                                 48,545

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          23,348





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             1.5

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                               100.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            68.4

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             2.5

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 9.1

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            37.1

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  4.4





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                101

  Elementary or High School                                         747

  College                                                           224



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              19.8

  High school grad (%)                                             80.2

  College grad (%)                                                 23.8





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  2,365

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           17.2

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 30.8

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.1

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                11.5

  Mean Income                                                    24,016

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                18.6

  Mean Income                                                    37,445

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            69.9

  Mean Income                                                    53,530

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,134

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    469

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.1





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   27.2

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           29.0

  Service (%)                                                      10.4

  Farming (%)                                                       2.5

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             14.7

  Labor (%)                                                        16.1





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