Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Lancaster

Municipality: Lancaster township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       18,645

Household (median)                                               35,855

Family (median)                                                  42,245

  Married couple families (mean)                                 55,793

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          17,261





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             4.2

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                84.7

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            58.3

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             4.7

  Black                                                             1.1

  Other race                                                       48.9

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 4.4

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            59.2

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 13.4





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                298

  Elementary or High School                                       1,597

  College                                                           683



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              21.7

  High school grad (%)                                             78.3

  College grad (%)                                                 32.2





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  6,760

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           22.6

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 37.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.3

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                14.5

  Mean Income                                                    27,617

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                24.7

  Mean Income                                                    45,638

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

  Mean Income                                                    57,958

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  3,345

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.8

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                  1,060

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.6





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   32.7

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           32.5

  Service (%)                                                      10.7

  Farming (%)                                                       0.4

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              9.4

  Labor (%)                                                        14.2





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