Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Dauphin

Municipality: South Hanover township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       19,203

Household (median)                                               43,652

Family (median)                                                  49,135

  Married couple families (mean)                                 63,406

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          18,723





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             3.4

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                44.4

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            65.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             3.5

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                11.8

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            38.6

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  3.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                104

  Elementary or High School                                         813

  College                                                           218



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              10.0

  High school grad (%)                                             90.0

  College grad (%)                                                 32.7





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  2,517

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           19.8

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 29.3

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.5

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 8.8

  Mean Income                                                    19,119

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                28.2

  Mean Income                                                    41,181

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            63.0

  Mean Income                                                    74,729

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,177

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    493

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.2





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   33.6

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           31.8

  Service (%)                                                       6.4

  Farming (%)                                                       1.9

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             12.8

  Labor (%)                                                        13.6





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