Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Wayne

Municipality: Palmyra township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,186

Household (median)                                               24,250

Family (median)                                                  26,964

  Married couple families (mean)                                 35,118

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          22,739





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             5.9

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                37.5

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            33.3

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             9.3

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                15.9

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            62.5

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 11.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 16

  Elementary or High School                                         136

  College                                                            19



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              28.8

  High school grad (%)                                             71.2

  College grad (%)                                                 15.9





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    329

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           15.2

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 37.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          6.3

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                24.9

  Mean Income                                                    17,139

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                27.1

  Mean Income                                                    29,022

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            48.0

  Mean Income                                                    41,860

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    141

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.3

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     59

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.5





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   21.3

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           28.0

  Service (%)                                                      16.7

  Farming (%)                                                       4.6

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             15.8

  Labor (%)                                                        13.7





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