Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Perry

Municipality: Duncannon borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,869

Household (median)                                               23,333

Family (median)                                                  28,170

  Married couple families (mean)                                 32,605

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          12,578





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            10.9

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                78.6

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            66.7

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            10.6

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                13.3

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            84.4

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 16.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 17

  Elementary or High School                                         238

  College                                                            38



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              30.4

  High school grad (%)                                             69.6

  College grad (%)                                                  7.5





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    670

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           10.3

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 24.6

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.0

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                15.8

  Mean Income                                                    17,545

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                31.0

  Mean Income                                                    23,443

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            53.2

  Mean Income                                                    37,703

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    317

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.5

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    123

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.3





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   13.1

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           30.1

  Service (%)                                                      16.1

  Farming (%)                                                       1.5

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             16.3

  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