Municipal Socio-Economic Profile
County: Dauphin
Municipality: Lykens township
INCOME
Per Capita 9,395
Household (median) 26,625
Family (median) 28,589
Married couple families (mean) 32,483
Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean) 11,782
POVERTY
Families in Poverty (%) 6.6
Families w/children in poverty (%) 63.6
Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%) 35.7
Persons in Poverty (%)
White 9.1
Black 0.0
Other race 0.0
Hispanic 0.0
Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%) 10.1
Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%) 84.6
Children (under 18) in poverty (%) 13.6
EDUCATION
Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school
Pre-primary school 19
Elementary or High School 258
College 14
Total Persons age 25 and over
Less than a High School Diploma (%) 39.4
High school grad (%) 60.6
College grad (%) 7.8
EMPLOYMENT
Employed persons age 16 and over 549
Employed in manufacturing industry (%) 32.4
Employed in service industry (%) 13.3
Unemployment rate - 1989 2.8
Families with no workers - 1989 (%) 11.0
Mean Income 15,928
Families with one worker - 1989 (%) 32.2
Mean Income 26,694
Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%) 56.7
Mean Income 37,915
Females age 16 and over
In labor force 237
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 3.0
Females age 16 and over, with children
In labor force 114
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 0.7
OCCUPATION
Employed persons age 16 and over
Managerial (%) 6.9
Sales and suppport (%) 16.0
Service (%) 10.4
Farming (%) 17.7
Craft and Repair (%) 14.2
Labor (%) 34.8
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