Municipal Socio-Economic Profile
County: Dauphin
Municipality: Upper Paxton township
INCOME
Per Capita 11,844
Household (median) 29,651
Family (median) 32,129
Married couple families (mean) 38,112
Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean) 19,212
POVERTY
Families in Poverty (%) 3.5
Families w/children in poverty (%) 86.1
Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%) 22.6
Persons in Poverty (%)
White 6.5
Black 0.0
Other race 0.0
Hispanic 0.0
Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%) 11.3
Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%) 89.6
Children (under 18) in poverty (%) 8.7
EDUCATION
Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school
Pre-primary school 75
Elementary or High School 603
College 107
Total Persons age 25 and over
Less than a High School Diploma (%) 33.6
High school grad (%) 66.4
College grad (%) 14.7
EMPLOYMENT
Employed persons age 16 and over 1,715
Employed in manufacturing industry (%) 30.5
Employed in service industry (%) 20.3
Unemployment rate - 1989 4.9
Families with no workers - 1989 (%) 10.0
Mean Income 18,067
Families with one worker - 1989 (%) 31.4
Mean Income 27,053
Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%) 58.6
Mean Income 44,850
Females age 16 and over
In labor force 780
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 6.0
Females age 16 and over, with children
In labor force 330
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 1.8
OCCUPATION
Employed persons age 16 and over
Managerial (%) 20.6
Sales and suppport (%) 22.6
Service (%) 8.4
Farming (%) 3.4
Craft and Repair (%) 18.8
Labor (%) 26.2
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