Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Lancaster

Municipality: East Petersburg borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       16,028

Household (median)                                               40,192

Family (median)                                                  42,100

  Married couple families (mean)                                 47,869

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          19,901





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             2.6

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                66.7

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                           100.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             3.3

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                      100.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 4.6

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            22.7

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  7.2





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 66

  Elementary or High School                                         650

  College                                                           248



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              15.4

  High school grad (%)                                             84.6

  College grad (%)                                                 31.3





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  2,413

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           28.4

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 32.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.2

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 6.2

  Mean Income                                                    25,163

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                23.0

  Mean Income                                                    29,011

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            70.9

  Mean Income                                                    51,781

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,200

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.5

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    486

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   29.4

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           32.6

  Service (%)                                                       9.7

  Farming (%)                                                       0.4

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              9.9

  Labor (%)                                                        18.0





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