Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Lancaster

Municipality: Caernarvon township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       12,249

Household (median)                                               32,868

Family (median)                                                  37,457

  Married couple families (mean)                                 49,456

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          14,070





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             3.6

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                               100.0

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

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             7.9

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 6.0

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            63.2

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 14.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 55

  Elementary or High School                                         758

  College                                                            38



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              42.4

  High school grad (%)                                             57.6

  College grad (%)                                                 14.8





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,831

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           23.8

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 20.2

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.8

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                10.4

  Mean Income                                                    17,263

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                25.6

  Mean Income                                                    28,765

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            64.0

  Mean Income                                                    57,697

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    826

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.6

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    289

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.4





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   14.3

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           24.5

  Service (%)                                                      11.6

  Farming (%)                                                       7.1

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             22.0

  Labor (%)                                                        20.5





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