Municipal Socio-Economic Profile
County: Wayne
Municipality: Damascus township
INCOME
Per Capita 11,449
Household (median) 25,510
Family (median) 28,088
Married couple families (mean) 37,779
Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean) 20,280
POVERTY
Families in Poverty (%) 11.0
Families w/children in poverty (%) 56.4
Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%) 30.2
Persons in Poverty (%)
White 13.4
Black 0.0
Other race 0.0
Hispanic 0.0
Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%) 20.8
Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%) 21.6
Children (under 18) in poverty (%) 17.1
EDUCATION
Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school
Pre-primary school 9
Elementary or High School 642
College 97
Total Persons age 25 and over
Less than a High School Diploma (%) 26.9
High school grad (%) 73.1
College grad (%) 26.7
EMPLOYMENT
Employed persons age 16 and over 1,327
Employed in manufacturing industry (%) 10.3
Employed in service industry (%) 36.2
Unemployment rate - 1989 4.5
Families with no workers - 1989 (%) 16.3
Mean Income 18,292
Families with one worker - 1989 (%) 28.2
Mean Income 24,757
Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%) 55.5
Mean Income 47,062
Females age 16 and over
In labor force 563
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 5.9
Females age 16 and over, with children
In labor force 260
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 2.4
OCCUPATION
Employed persons age 16 and over
Managerial (%) 17.0
Sales and suppport (%) 23.0
Service (%) 20.2
Farming (%) 5.8
Craft and Repair (%) 16.2
Labor (%) 17.9
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