Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Dauphin

Municipality: Elizabethville borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       12,014

Household (median)                                               24,200

Family (median)                                                  30,809

  Married couple families (mean)                                 39,204

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          24,920





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             4.3

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                76.5

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            15.4

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             8.1

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                12.9

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            66.7

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  6.4





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 10

  Elementary or High School                                         223

  College                                                            47



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              34.0

  High school grad (%)                                             66.0

  College grad (%)                                                 13.6





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    707

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           28.4

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 23.5

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.5

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                11.0

  Mean Income                                                    17,260

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                28.6

  Mean Income                                                    25,005

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            60.4

  Mean Income                                                    45,364

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    340

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.6

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    146

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.9





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   18.5

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           25.0

  Service (%)                                                      11.5

  Farming (%)                                                       1.3

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             18.1

  Labor (%)                                                        25.6





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