Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Lancaster

Municipality: East Lampeter township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       16,904

Household (median)                                               34,720

Family (median)                                                  40,116

  Married couple families (mean)                                 51,877

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          19,593





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             3.3

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                74.1

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            37.3

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             4.8

  Black                                                             9.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 4.7

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            39.7

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  9.6





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                192

  Elementary or High School                                       1,645

  College                                                           471



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              27.5

  High school grad (%)                                             72.5

  College grad (%)                                                 22.5





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  6,627

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           24.2

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 26.5

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.3

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 9.3

  Mean Income                                                    27,499

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                26.8

  Mean Income                                                    52,868

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            63.9

  Mean Income                                                    50,722

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  3,005

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.5

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    875

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.3





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   23.6

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           29.3

  Service (%)                                                      12.7

  Farming (%)                                                       3.6

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             13.1

  Labor (%)                                                        17.8





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