Municipal Socio-Economic Profile
County: Lancaster
Municipality: Mount Joy borough
INCOME
Per Capita 14,221
Household (median) 31,606
Family (median) 34,790
Married couple families (mean) 42,935
Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean) 20,417
POVERTY
Families in Poverty (%) 3.1
Families w/children in poverty (%) 86.2
Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%) 66.0
Persons in Poverty (%)
White 4.6
Black 0.0
Other race 0.0
Hispanic 0.0
Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%) 2.1
Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%) 100.0
Children (under 18) in poverty (%) 7.0
EDUCATION
Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school
Pre-primary school 118
Elementary or High School 893
College 270
Total Persons age 25 and over
Less than a High School Diploma (%) 25.4
High school grad (%) 74.6
College grad (%) 15.8
EMPLOYMENT
Employed persons age 16 and over 3,602
Employed in manufacturing industry (%) 32.6
Employed in service industry (%) 20.0
Unemployment rate - 1989 3.0
Families with no workers - 1989 (%) 8.7
Mean Income 27,712
Families with one worker - 1989 (%) 24.9
Mean Income 24,183
Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%) 66.5
Mean Income 47,013
Females age 16 and over
In labor force 1,713
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 3.0
Females age 16 and over, with children
In labor force 611
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 0.9
OCCUPATION
Employed persons age 16 and over
Managerial (%) 18.2
Sales and suppport (%) 27.9
Service (%) 12.0
Farming (%) 1.5
Craft and Repair (%) 11.9
Labor (%) 28.4
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