Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Lancaster

Municipality: Strasburg township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       13,585

Household (median)                                               33,375

Family (median)                                                  35,990

  Married couple families (mean)                                 45,847

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          30,426





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             6.0

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                42.4

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                             0.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             7.3

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                23.2

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            36.5

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  6.4





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 93

  Elementary or High School                                         608

  College                                                           104



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              32.0

  High school grad (%)                                             68.0

  College grad (%)                                                 19.1





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,868

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           19.6

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 18.7

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.3

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 6.3

  Mean Income                                                    14,805

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                27.7

  Mean Income                                                    30,325

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            66.0

  Mean Income                                                    55,100

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    755

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    331

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.7





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   18.7

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           21.1

  Service (%)                                                      10.3

  Farming (%)                                                      14.8

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             16.0

  Labor (%)                                                        19.1





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