Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Lancaster

Municipality: Penn township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       13,646

Household (median)                                               36,571

Family (median)                                                  38,070

  Married couple families (mean)                                 44,443

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          16,259





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             3.9

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                70.7

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            24.5

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             6.1

  Black                                                            72.2

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 7.5

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            54.2

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 10.2





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                109

  Elementary or High School                                       1,277

  College                                                           269



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              31.6

  High school grad (%)                                             68.4

  College grad (%)                                                 16.7





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  3,670

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           25.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 22.0

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.9

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 5.7

  Mean Income                                                    23,485

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                23.7

  Mean Income                                                    32,815

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            70.6

  Mean Income                                                    47,050

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,634

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.2

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    677

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   14.4

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           25.1

  Service (%)                                                      12.3

  Farming (%)                                                       7.9

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             17.5

  Labor (%)                                                        22.8





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