Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Dauphin

Municipality: Lower Paxton township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       18,522

Household (median)                                               37,783

Family (median)                                                  43,360

  Married couple families (mean)                                 53,225

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          22,994





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             1.8

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                68.8

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            56.1

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             2.7

  Black                                                             5.1

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 3.3

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            66.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  2.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                847

  Elementary or High School                                       5,276

  College                                                         2,422



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              12.6

  High school grad (%)                                             87.4

  College grad (%)                                                 35.1





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                 22,529

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                            9.7

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 32.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.1

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 9.2

  Mean Income                                                    27,901

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                23.4

  Mean Income                                                    42,173

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            67.4

  Mean Income                                                    56,076

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                 11,007

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.9

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                  3,446

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.3





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   35.6

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           38.4

  Service (%)                                                       8.7

  Farming (%)                                                       0.5

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              7.1

  Labor (%)                                                         9.6





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