Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Northampton

Municipality: Hanover township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       24,183

Household (median)                                               53,409

Family (median)                                                  56,677

  Married couple families (mean)                                 72,797

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          21,251





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             2.6

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                70.9

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            87.2

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             2.6

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 4.0

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            43.8

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  3.9





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                202

  Elementary or High School                                       1,115

  College                                                           489



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              10.9

  High school grad (%)                                             89.1

  College grad (%)                                                 47.2





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  3,645

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           24.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 33.3

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.8

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                12.8

  Mean Income                                                    33,188

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                26.9

  Mean Income                                                    63,690

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            60.3

  Mean Income                                                    79,302

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,580

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.3

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    556

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   45.2

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           34.3

  Service (%)                                                       7.4

  Farming (%)                                                       0.2

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              6.3

  Labor (%)                                                         6.6





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