Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Dauphin

Municipality: Penbrook borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       12,831

Household (median)                                               26,250

Family (median)                                                  32,222

  Married couple families (mean)                                 36,929

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          26,886





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             3.5

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                26.9

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                             0.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             6.2

  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 (%)                            24.2

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  2.4





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 12

  Elementary or High School                                         311

  College                                                            91



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              20.6

  High school grad (%)                                             79.4

  College grad (%)                                                 18.5





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,434

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                            9.2

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 29.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.0

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                17.4

  Mean Income                                                    24,469

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                26.6

  Mean Income                                                    28,777

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            55.9

  Mean Income                                                    41,125

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    733

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    7.2

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    281

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   18.9

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           43.4

  Service (%)                                                      11.4

  Farming (%)                                                       0.4

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              9.3

  Labor (%)                                                        16.6





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