Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Lancaster

Municipality: Elizabeth township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       15,183

Household (median)                                               36,808

Family (median)                                                  41,277

  Married couple families (mean)                                 51,205

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          20,188





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             4.8

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                89.8

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            11.4

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             5.7

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 6.4

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                             0.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  7.9





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 65

  Elementary or High School                                         748

  College                                                            94



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              27.0

  High school grad (%)                                             73.0

  College grad (%)                                                 19.0





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,883

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           24.7

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 27.3

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          1.7

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 3.9

  Mean Income                                                    16,588

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                30.1

  Mean Income                                                    43,104

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            66.0

  Mean Income                                                    52,872

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    786

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.8

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    367

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   19.5

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           23.6

  Service (%)                                                      11.4

  Farming (%)                                                       5.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             18.9

  Labor (%)                                                        21.6





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