Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Dauphin

Municipality: Susquehanna township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       18,241

Household (median)                                               36,296

Family (median)                                                  42,818

  Married couple families (mean)                                 55,782

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          28,228





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             2.5

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                50.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            20.3

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             5.2

  Black                                                             5.2

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 7.0

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            74.3

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  4.1





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                359

  Elementary or High School                                       2,398

  College                                                           990



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              16.1

  High school grad (%)                                             83.9

  College grad (%)                                                 35.3





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  9,632

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                            7.4

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 32.6

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.8

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                14.4

  Mean Income                                                    26,733

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                25.7

  Mean Income                                                    45,106

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            59.9

  Mean Income                                                    59,934

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  4,646

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.2

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                  1,556

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.3





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   38.2

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           37.1

  Service (%)                                                       9.0

  Farming (%)                                                       0.7

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              6.4

  Labor (%)                                                         8.8





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