Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Wayne

Municipality: Lehigh township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,942

Household (median)                                               26,563

Family (median)                                                  30,772

  Married couple families (mean)                                 34,457

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          15,611





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             7.2

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                46.2

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            58.3

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             9.3

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                14.6

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            51.6

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 10.0





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 30

  Elementary or High School                                         164

  College                                                            34



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              22.8

  High school grad (%)                                             77.2

  College grad (%)                                                 18.9





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    516

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           18.2

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 28.9

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.1

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                16.2

  Mean Income                                                    17,977

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                31.8

  Mean Income                                                    25,614

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            52.1

  Mean Income                                                    41,643

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    232

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.7

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     80

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   14.3

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           28.5

  Service (%)                                                      17.8

  Farming (%)                                                       2.1

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             18.6

  Labor (%)                                                        18.6





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