Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Lancaster

Municipality: Akron borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       16,553

Household (median)                                               35,973

Family (median)                                                  41,086

  Married couple families (mean)                                 47,629

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          18,148





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             2.0

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                               100.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            70.8

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             4.8

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 7.6

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

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  7.2





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 64

  Elementary or High School                                         554

  College                                                            88



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              25.9

  High school grad (%)                                             74.1

  College grad (%)                                                 23.5





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  2,301

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           25.9

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 26.0

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.8

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 5.4

  Mean Income                                                    22,128

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                19.3

  Mean Income                                                    40,693

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            75.4

  Mean Income                                                    49,704

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,078

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.5

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    349

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.7





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   26.5

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           26.5

  Service (%)                                                      10.2

  Farming (%)                                                       0.3

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             16.4

  Labor (%)                                                        20.2





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