Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Lancaster

Municipality: Paradise township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,701

Household (median)                                               32,533

Family (median)                                                  34,554

  Married couple families (mean)                                 40,101

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          19,611





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             8.6

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                38.6

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            23.1

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             9.0

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                21.7

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                             6.3

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 11.1





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 51

  Elementary or High School                                         888

  College                                                            73



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              40.3

  High school grad (%)                                             59.7

  College grad (%)                                                 12.6





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  2,161

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           20.4

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 19.7

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          1.5

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 9.7

  Mean Income                                                    14,929

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                27.1

  Mean Income                                                    29,150

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            63.2

  Mean Income                                                    46,899

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    952

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.9

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    378

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   15.8

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           20.0

  Service (%)                                                      11.1

  Farming (%)                                                       8.5

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             17.6

  Labor (%)                                                        27.0





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