Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Lancaster

Municipality: Manheim township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       19,703

Household (median)                                               41,450

Family (median)                                                  46,682

  Married couple families (mean)                                 61,302

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          25,541





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             1.3

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                58.9

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            46.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             2.2

  Black                                                             2.5

  Other race                                                       29.3

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 4.4

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            70.1

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  2.4





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                691

  Elementary or High School                                       4,173

  College                                                         1,409



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              17.2

  High school grad (%)                                             82.8

  College grad (%)                                                 38.7





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                 14,422

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           24.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 34.7

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.3

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                12.7

  Mean Income                                                    32,626

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                25.0

  Mean Income                                                    56,950

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            62.2

  Mean Income                                                    63,306

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  6,766

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.5

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                  2,308

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.4





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   35.9

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           33.8

  Service (%)                                                       9.7

  Farming (%)                                                       1.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              8.3

  Labor (%)                                                        11.4





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