Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Franklin

Municipality: Letterkenny township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       13,115

Household (median)                                               31,118

Family (median)                                                  33,696

  Married couple families (mean)                                 42,440

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          16,438





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             4.9

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                71.9

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            34.8

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             7.0

  Black                                                             3.3

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                14.2

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            62.5

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  9.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 42

  Elementary or High School                                         449

  College                                                            64



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              31.6

  High school grad (%)                                             68.4

  College grad (%)                                                 12.6





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,093

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           21.2

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 18.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.8

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 9.7

  Mean Income                                                    16,205

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                28.2

  Mean Income                                                    32,277

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            62.2

  Mean Income                                                    48,884

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    477

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    236

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.5





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   15.0

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           23.5

  Service (%)                                                      10.1

  Farming (%)                                                       6.7

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             16.6

  Labor (%)                                                        28.2





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