Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Lancaster

Municipality: Colerain township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       12,376

Household (median)                                               31,959

Family (median)                                                  35,500

  Married couple families (mean)                                 47,725

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          16,055





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             8.6

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                69.2

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            35.6

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            12.2

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                18.8

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            39.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 15.1





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 94

  Elementary or High School                                         586

  College                                                            55



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              32.2

  High school grad (%)                                             67.8

  College grad (%)                                                 14.8





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,140

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           13.4

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 23.8

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.4

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 9.5

  Mean Income                                                    17,422

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                38.0

  Mean Income                                                    42,040

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            52.5

  Mean Income                                                    51,399

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    411

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.2

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    188

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.7





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   14.5

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           23.9

  Service (%)                                                      10.6

  Farming (%)                                                      18.8

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             12.6

  Labor (%)                                                        19.6





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