Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Dauphin

Municipality: Middle Paxton township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       17,160

Household (median)                                               36,113

Family (median)                                                  39,167

  Married couple families (mean)                                 51,582

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          21,284





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             2.9

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                84.1

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            73.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             4.8

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 8.1

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

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  6.1





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 26

  Elementary or High School                                         924

  College                                                           206



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              19.2

  High school grad (%)                                             80.8

  College grad (%)                                                 20.2





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  2,882

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                            9.2

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 31.8

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.4

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 8.8

  Mean Income                                                    25,863

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                22.5

  Mean Income                                                    39,064

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            68.8

  Mean Income                                                    54,319

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,309

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    514

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   26.2

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           30.6

  Service (%)                                                      14.4

  Farming (%)                                                       1.6

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             15.0

  Labor (%)                                                        12.2





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