Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Lancaster

Municipality: Conestoga township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       13,676

Household (median)                                               35,946

Family (median)                                                  38,911

  Married couple families (mean)                                 43,704

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          10,149





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             3.3

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                46.9

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            53.3

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             3.9

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 8.8

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            41.4

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  2.4





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 59

  Elementary or High School                                         638

  College                                                            84



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              29.1

  High school grad (%)                                             70.9

  College grad (%)                                                 15.3





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,919

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           30.9

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 27.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.9

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                10.2

  Mean Income                                                    16,242

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                20.0

  Mean Income                                                    27,705

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            69.8

  Mean Income                                                    49,232

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    902

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.5

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    385

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.7





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   16.4

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           28.3

  Service (%)                                                      13.9

  Farming (%)                                                       1.9

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             15.2

  Labor (%)                                                        24.4





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