Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Perry

Municipality: Landisburg borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,978

Household (median)                                               21,250

Family (median)                                                  22,500

  Married couple families (mean)                                 24,516

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          12,860





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            31.8

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                85.7

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            16.7

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            33.3

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 0.0

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                             0.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 56.4





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  0

  Elementary or High School                                          35

  College                                                             6



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              31.0

  High school grad (%)                                             69.0

  College grad (%)                                                 13.0





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                     89

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           14.6

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 13.5

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          6.3

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                13.6

  Mean Income                                                    14,452

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                31.8

  Mean Income                                                    14,140

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            54.5

  Mean Income                                                    31,373

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                     43

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.7

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     12

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                    6.7

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           30.3

  Service (%)                                                      21.3

  Farming (%)                                                       4.5

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             11.2

  Labor (%)                                                        25.8





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