Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Lancaster

Municipality: Leacock township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,916

Household (median)                                               29,525

Family (median)                                                  35,164

  Married couple families (mean)                                 43,592

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          20,337





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            13.0

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                66.7

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                             6.3

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            17.1

  Black                                                            66.7

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                19.1

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            23.5

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 26.1





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 65

  Elementary or High School                                         840

  College                                                            81



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              66.4

  High school grad (%)                                             33.6

  College grad (%)                                                  8.8





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  2,082

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           16.6

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 16.2

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          0.6

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 8.6

  Mean Income                                                    17,437

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                32.3

  Mean Income                                                    33,380

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            59.1

  Mean Income                                                    51,435

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    811

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.6

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    253

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   10.8

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           20.8

  Service (%)                                                      15.0

  Farming (%)                                                      14.6

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             18.5

  Labor (%)                                                        20.3





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