Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Lancaster

Municipality: Eden township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,404

Household (median)                                               31,089

Family (median)                                                  33,500

  Married couple families (mean)                                 40,507

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          21,917





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             4.9

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                72.7

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                             0.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             9.4

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                18.0

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            60.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 12.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 24

  Elementary or High School                                         389

  College                                                            33



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              36.2

  High school grad (%)                                             63.8

  College grad (%)                                                  9.8





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    850

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           19.9

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 19.9

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          1.8

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 6.3

  Mean Income                                                    19,247

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                33.0

  Mean Income                                                    28,453

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            60.8

  Mean Income                                                    46,267

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    339

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.6

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    164

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                    9.9

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           20.2

  Service (%)                                                      10.2

  Farming (%)                                                      17.5

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             16.7

  Labor (%)                                                        25.4





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