Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Lancaster

Municipality: Ephrata township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       12,241

Household (median)                                               35,198

Family (median)                                                  38,515

  Married couple families (mean)                                 42,317

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          18,147





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             6.1

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                80.2

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            32.3

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             7.6

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                      100.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 7.1

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            54.5

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 12.9





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                136

  Elementary or High School                                       1,210

  College                                                           177



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              45.8

  High school grad (%)                                             54.2

  College grad (%)                                                 11.8





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  3,509

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           28.3

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 20.9

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.0

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 8.3

  Mean Income                                                    19,409

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                23.9

  Mean Income                                                    40,910

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            67.8

  Mean Income                                                    43,740

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,588

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.4

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    567

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   13.6

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           23.5

  Service (%)                                                      13.3

  Farming (%)                                                       6.5

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             17.2

  Labor (%)                                                        25.9





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