Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Lancaster

Municipality: Christiana borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       13,115

Household (median)                                               32,750

Family (median)                                                  35,455

  Married couple families (mean)                                 42,140

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          13,311





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             6.6

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                84.2

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            68.8

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             6.5

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                       50.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 8.9

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            64.3

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 11.0





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 32

  Elementary or High School                                         186

  College                                                            33



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              31.1

  High school grad (%)                                             68.9

  College grad (%)                                                 16.7





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    515

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           29.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 20.2

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.3

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                11.9

  Mean Income                                                    17,287

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                31.8

  Mean Income                                                    33,928

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            56.3

  Mean Income                                                    46,526

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    221

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    103

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.3





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   19.6

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           20.2

  Service (%)                                                      14.2

  Farming (%)                                                       4.1

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             14.4

  Labor (%)                                                        27.6





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