Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Lancaster

Municipality: Lititz borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       14,938

Household (median)                                               35,187

Family (median)                                                  39,380

  Married couple families (mean)                                 44,335

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          23,504





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             1.7

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                               100.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            43.6

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             3.0

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 4.9

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            60.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  5.8





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                152

  Elementary or High School                                       1,180

  College                                                           377



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              20.0

  High school grad (%)                                             80.0

  College grad (%)                                                 24.7





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  4,167

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           29.0

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 28.2

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.3

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                11.1

  Mean Income                                                    29,566

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                23.9

  Mean Income                                                    32,584

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            65.0

  Mean Income                                                    48,535

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  2,023

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.8

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    730

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.1





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   24.6

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           32.6

  Service (%)                                                       9.7

  Farming (%)                                                       0.7

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             12.0

  Labor (%)                                                        20.4





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