Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       York

Municipality: Chanceford township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,295

Household (median)                                               30,863

Family (median)                                                  31,946

  Married couple families (mean)                                 36,527

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          18,271





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             2.5

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                70.6

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            37.5

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             5.3

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                       21.4

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 6.1

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            45.2

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  7.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 62

  Elementary or High School                                       1,089

  College                                                            70



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              35.5

  High school grad (%)                                             64.5

  College grad (%)                                                  9.5





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  2,431

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           35.7

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 17.0

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.9

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                11.0

  Mean Income                                                    16,298

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                28.5

  Mean Income                                                    27,892

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            60.5

  Mean Income                                                    41,884

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,092

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    8.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    477

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.6





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   10.2

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           20.3

  Service (%)                                                      11.1

  Farming (%)                                                       5.6

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             19.2

  Labor (%)                                                        33.6





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