Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Dauphin

Municipality: West Hanover township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       16,028

Household (median)                                               42,194

Family (median)                                                  45,187

  Married couple families (mean)                                 49,158

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          33,792





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             2.1

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                72.5

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

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             4.0

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 2.9

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                           100.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  6.8





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                143

  Elementary or High School                                         954

  College                                                           256



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              16.6

  High school grad (%)                                             83.4

  College grad (%)                                                 24.7





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  3,521

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           12.0

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 28.6

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          1.6

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 7.5

  Mean Income                                                    22,618

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                21.7

  Mean Income                                                    37,157

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            70.8

  Mean Income                                                    54,059

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,639

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.4

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    582

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   27.7

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           38.0

  Service (%)                                                       9.9

  Farming (%)                                                       1.4

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             13.2

  Labor (%)                                                         9.9





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