Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Lancaster

Municipality: West Donegal township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       12,928

Household (median)                                               40,665

Family (median)                                                  42,443

  Married couple families (mean)                                 49,769

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          17,378





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             2.9

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                57.5

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            82.6

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             2.9

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                10.5

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            32.4

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  3.3





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 84

  Elementary or High School                                         916

  College                                                           178



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              27.6

  High school grad (%)                                             72.4

  College grad (%)                                                 18.9





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  2,658

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           25.4

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 29.0

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          1.5

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 6.0

  Mean Income                                                    20,641

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                23.4

  Mean Income                                                    37,188

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

  Mean Income                                                    53,775

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,199

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.4

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    530

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.2





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   19.7

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           25.7

  Service (%)                                                      17.5

  Farming (%)                                                       4.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             15.3

  Labor (%)                                                        17.8





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