Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Dauphin

Municipality: Middletown borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       13,046

Household (median)                                               28,099

Family (median)                                                  36,030

  Married couple families (mean)                                 40,572

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          15,042





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             7.6

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                81.8

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

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             9.2

  Black                                                            12.6

  Other race                                                       83.3

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                13.2

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            93.4

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 13.8





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 99

  Elementary or High School                                       1,334

  College                                                           429



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              25.2

  High school grad (%)                                             74.8

  College grad (%)                                                 19.0





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  4,472

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           14.9

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 31.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.3

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                17.3

  Mean Income                                                    26,572

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                23.5

  Mean Income                                                    26,557

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            59.2

  Mean Income                                                    44,242

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  2,283

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.7

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    863

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.3





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   21.7

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           33.7

  Service (%)                                                      16.3

  Farming (%)                                                       0.7

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              8.8

  Labor (%)                                                        18.7





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