Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Lancaster

Municipality: Ephrata borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       14,692

Household (median)                                               30,907

Family (median)                                                  34,865

  Married couple families (mean)                                 41,538

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          21,714





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             3.6

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                68.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            49.4

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             5.3

  Black                                                            28.6

  Other race                                                       22.1

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                14.1

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            56.1

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  6.9





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                262

  Elementary or High School                                       1,853

  College                                                           366



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              29.7

  High school grad (%)                                             70.3

  College grad (%)                                                 16.6





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  6,724

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           34.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 22.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.3

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 9.7

  Mean Income                                                    24,062

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                24.5

  Mean Income                                                    36,301

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            65.8

  Mean Income                                                    43,367

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  3,104

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.4

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                  1,309

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.9





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   17.3

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           27.8

  Service (%)                                                      12.2

  Farming (%)                                                       0.6

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             14.4

  Labor (%)                                                        27.7





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