Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Lancaster

Municipality: Marietta borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       13,077

Household (median)                                               29,063

Family (median)                                                  35,924

  Married couple families (mean)                                 42,920

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          19,126





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             5.5

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                59.5

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            76.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             6.7

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                12.9

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            47.4

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  7.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 30

  Elementary or High School                                         419

  College                                                            69



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              34.4

  High school grad (%)                                             65.6

  College grad (%)                                                 19.3





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,547

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           38.7

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 19.0

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.0

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 9.1

  Mean Income                                                    14,493

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                21.0

  Mean Income                                                    22,011

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            69.9

  Mean Income                                                    47,279

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    752

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.9

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    300

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.6





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   20.5

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           22.5

  Service (%)                                                      12.2

  Farming (%)                                                       1.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             12.3

  Labor (%)                                                        31.6





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