Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       York

Municipality: Lower Windsor township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       12,838

Household (median)                                               32,279

Family (median)                                                  34,737

  Married couple families (mean)                                 39,784

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          15,641





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             3.8

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                87.2

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            63.2

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             5.5

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 3.7

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                           100.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  8.2





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                126

  Elementary or High School                                       1,300

  College                                                           120



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              35.4

  High school grad (%)                                             64.6

  College grad (%)                                                 10.4





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  3,764

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           45.0

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 17.8

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.9

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 7.3

  Mean Income                                                    15,711

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                22.0

  Mean Income                                                    27,603

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            70.8

  Mean Income                                                    44,090

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,759

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    6.4

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    822

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.1





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   12.5

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           22.4

  Service (%)                                                       8.1

  Farming (%)                                                       1.8

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             19.2

  Labor (%)                                                        36.0





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