Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Dauphin

Municipality: Wiconisco township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,598

Household (median)                                               27,262

Family (median)                                                  30,509

  Married couple families (mean)                                 33,749

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           9,900





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             6.8

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                57.1

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            62.5

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             8.4

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 8.9

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            66.7

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 13.6





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  6

  Elementary or High School                                         235

  College                                                            33



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              33.7

  High school grad (%)                                             66.3

  College grad (%)                                                  8.2





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    624

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           45.4

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 15.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          6.1

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                16.5

  Mean Income                                                    15,127

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                27.6

  Mean Income                                                    25,312

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

  Mean Income                                                    38,781

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    312

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    7.7

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    112

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   12.7

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           25.0

  Service (%)                                                       7.7

  Farming (%)                                                       0.6

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             14.6

  Labor (%)                                                        39.4





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