Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Lancaster

Municipality: Quarryville borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       15,109

Household (median)                                               29,612

Family (median)                                                  37,292

  Married couple families (mean)                                 46,941

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          15,364





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             3.6

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                94.1

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            75.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             5.6

  Black                                                           100.0

  Other race                                                       27.3

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 5.5

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            81.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  9.8





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 39

  Elementary or High School                                         265

  College                                                            23



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              23.3

  High school grad (%)                                             76.7

  College grad (%)                                                 20.0





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    753

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           18.6

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 24.7

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.7

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                20.0

  Mean Income                                                    24,667

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                22.8

  Mean Income                                                    44,887

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            57.2

  Mean Income                                                    50,028

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    357

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    6.2

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    107

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.2





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   19.3

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           29.6

  Service (%)                                                      12.4

  Farming (%)                                                       0.7

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             15.3

  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