Lancaster County

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Female to Male Earnings Ratio

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Female to Male Earnings Ratio

What does this measure?

The ratio of female to male median earnings, in 2018 dollars.

Why is this important?

The pay equity gap is hotly debated. While the data clearly shows that women generally earn less than men, there can be many factors contributing to this, including choices about when and how much to work, and what types of occupations men and women gravitate toward. This indicator looks broadly at what pay gap is between women and men overall.

How does our county compare?

In 2014-18, women in Lancaster County earned a median income of $22,393, or 55 cents for every dollar earned by men (a female to male earnings ratio of 0.55). This ratio was up 8% from 51 cents in 2000. The ratio was below the national average (0.66).

In the City of Lancaster, the ratio is narrower, with women earning 74 cents for every dollar earned by men (a female to male earnings ratio of 0.74), a 12% increase from 2000 and above the national average.

Notes about the data

Multiyear figures are from the Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS). The bureau combined five years of responses to the survey to provide estimates for smaller geographic areas and increase the precision of its estimates. The survey provides data on characteristics of the population that used to be collected only during the decennial census. Data for this indicator are expected to be released in December.

Female to Male Earnings Ratio

	2000	2009-13	2014-18
Pennsylvania	0.54	0.61	0.63
Lancaster County	0.51	0.55	0.55
Lancaster City	0.66	0.75	0.74
Lancaster County Boroughs
Adamstown borough	0.68	0.62*	0.58
Akron borough	0.50	0.58	0.55
Columbia borough	0.57	0.73	0.76
Denver township	0.55	0.68	0.51
East Petersburg borough	0.59	0.50	0.61
Elizabethtown borough	0.49	0.49*	0.58
Ephrata borough	0.55	0.60	0.61
Lititz borough	0.59	0.61	0.58
Manheim borough	0.54	0.51	0.74
Marietta borough	0.57	0.66	0.59
Millersville borough	0.46	0.66	0.49*
Mount Joy borough	0.59	0.63*	0.69*
Mountville borough	0.53	0.79*	0.68*
New Holland borough	0.42	0.63	0.45
Quarryville borough	0.50	0.76	0.52
Strasburg borough	0.47	0.46	0.51
Terre Hill borough	0.41	0.53	0.58**
Lancaster County Townships
Bart township	0.42	0.35	0.54*
Brecknock township	0.38	0.38*	0.41*
Caernarvon township	0.40	0.57*	0.45
Clay township	0.46	0.48	0.48
Colerain township	0.48	0.45*	0.43*
Conestoga township	0.48	0.58	0.66
Conoy township	0.49	0.57*	0.63*
Drumore township	0.40	0.54*	0.49*
Earl township	0.39	0.40	0.44*
East Cocalico township	0.48	0.59	0.54
East Donegal township	0.60	0.61	0.59*
East Drumore township	0.46	0.61*	0.45*
East Earl township	0.39	0.35	0.34
East Hempfield township	0.53	0.53	0.55
East Lampeter township	0.50	0.61	0.57
Eden township	0.45	0.39	0.45*
Elizabeth township	0.49	0.46*	0.47
Ephrata township	0.41	0.43	0.49
Fulton township	0.46	0.60	0.48*
Lancaster township	0.57	0.69	0.75
Leacock township	0.31	0.31	0.30
Little Britain township	0.41	0.44*	0.71**
Manheim township	0.47	0.52	0.55
Manor township	0.54	0.59	0.60
Martic township	0.42	0.46*	0.58*
Mount Joy township	0.58	0.51*	0.63
Paradise township	0.43	0.35	0.54
Penn township	0.45	0.49	0.57
Pequea township	0.49	0.53	0.52
Providence township	0.51	0.49	0.47
Rapho township	0.49	0.47	0.54
Sadsbury township	0.51	0.36*	0.46*
Salisbury township	0.40	0.41	0.39
Strasburg township	0.39	0.41	0.52*
Upper Leacock township	0.52	0.53	0.53
Warwick township	0.48	0.56	0.55
West Cocalico township	0.44	0.44	0.31
West Donegal township	0.51	0.63	0.51
West Earl township	0.50	0.46*	0.47
West Hempfield township	0.49	0.58	0.46
West Lampeter township	0.49	0.45	0.53
Berks County	0.53	0.60	0.62
Chester County	0.53	0.56	0.58
Cumberland County	0.54	0.59	0.64
Dauphin County	0.64	0.68	0.71
Lebanon County	0.54	0.59	0.62
York County	0.54	0.59	0.62

Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Notes: Multiyear results are from rolling American Community Survey. * Margin of error between 20% & 35% of estimate; ** margin of error between 35% & 50%; *** margin of error greater than 50%.

Median Earnings for Females

	2000	2009-13	2014-18
Pennsylvania	$23,160	$22,683	$24,177
Lancaster County	$24,039	$22,011	$22,799
Lancaster City	$20,683	$17,816	$19,315
Lancaster County Boroughs
Adamstown borough	$30,409	$28,764*	$27,832
Akron borough	$24,485	$24,022	$26,426
Columbia borough	$23,158	$22,727	$22,388
Denver township	$25,187	$23,967	$21,326
East Petersburg borough	$29,204	$20,172	$32,247
Elizabethtown borough	$20,565	$17,501*	$20,320
Ephrata borough	$25,480	$24,516	$21,986
Lititz borough	$27,746	$23,210	$25,738
Manheim borough	$25,635	$19,373	$25,132
Marietta borough	$25,461	$23,978	$23,043
Millersville borough	$10,785	$10,429	$12,094*
Mount Joy borough	$28,400	$25,136*	$27,296*
Mountville borough	$26,526	$29,204*	$25,786*
New Holland borough	$20,597	$24,014	$19,581
Quarryville borough	$25,119	$27,192	$19,206
Strasburg borough	$25,748	$21,578	$24,343
Terre Hill borough	$20,433	$18,553	$22,677**
Lancaster County Townships
Bart township	$18,517	$14,154	$19,039*
Brecknock township	$18,806	$16,091*	$17,649*
Caernarvon township	$18,966	$22,944*	$20,897
Clay township	$22,217	$22,577	$20,226
Colerain township	$21,654	$19,954*	$19,468*
Conestoga township	$23,545	$23,036	$30,483
Conoy township	$24,705	$27,467*	$26,260*
Drumore township	$19,182	$21,949*	$20,499*
Earl township	$18,254	$16,196	$16,108*
East Cocalico township	$24,148	$26,959	$24,119
East Donegal township	$30,254	$27,436	$25,109*
East Drumore township	$21,484	$21,553*	$19,550*
East Earl township	$18,117	$15,522	$14,760
East Hempfield township	$29,688	$26,329	$26,689
East Lampeter township	$24,972	$22,695	$21,551
Eden township	$20,968	$15,455	$18,348*
Elizabeth township	$24,376	$22,254*	$20,829
Ephrata township	$20,207	$21,425	$21,731
Fulton township	$19,699	$21,178	$17,647*
Lancaster township	$28,130	$22,806	$27,195
Leacock township	$13,217	$13,414	$12,555
Little Britain township	$20,175	$19,293*	$29,720**
Manheim township	$28,164	$26,925	$28,052
Manor township	$26,658	$24,128	$27,159
Martic township	$22,572	$18,024*	$27,403*
Mount Joy township	$29,958	$23,376*	$31,436
Paradise township	$19,269	$14,356	$21,979
Penn township	$21,895	$20,921	$27,661
Pequea township	$25,656	$25,009	$25,353
Providence township	$23,074	$18,913	$19,903
Rapho township	$24,508	$23,314	$26,191
Sadsbury township	$24,065	$16,862*	$18,992*
Salisbury township	$19,245	$17,646	$17,249
Strasburg township	$20,316	$18,000	$19,220*
Upper Leacock township	$23,112	$18,817	$22,276
Warwick township	$26,931	$26,519	$25,389
West Cocalico township	$22,802	$18,383	$14,779
West Donegal township	$28,348	$27,524	$23,456
West Earl township	$24,553	$18,192*	$20,008
West Hempfield township	$25,371	$26,785	$22,570
West Lampeter township	$26,686	$23,460	$25,007
Berks County	$24,895	$22,952	$23,676
Chester County	$33,377	$31,030	$31,720
Cumberland County	$25,919	$25,469	$27,907
Dauphin County	$28,446	$27,161	$27,639
Lebanon County	$23,652	$23,149	$23,825
York County	$25,423	$24,053	$25,460

Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Notes: Figures in 2018 dollars. Multiyear results are from rolling American Community Survey. * Margin of error between 20% & 35% of estimate; ** margin of error between 35% & 50%; *** margin of error greater than 50%.

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INDICATORS	TREND
Prekindergarten Participation	Increasing
Student Performance on Grade 3 English	Not Applicable
Student Performance on Grade 3 Math	Not Applicable
Student Performance on Grade 8 English	Not Applicable
Student Performance on Grade 8 Math	Not Applicable
Student Performance in Grade 11 English	Not Applicable
Student Performance in Grade 11 Math	Decreasing
Per-Student Spending	Maintaining
Students Receiving Special Education Services	Increasing
Rate of Foster Care Admissions	Maintaining
Single-Parent Families by Race/Ethnicity	Not Applicable
Disengaged Youth	Maintaining
Plans of High School Graduates	Not Applicable
Enrollment in Local Colleges	Decreasing
College Graduation Rates	Decreasing
Brain Drain/Gain	Increasing
Education Levels of Adults by Race/Ethnicity	Not Applicable
Average Charitable Giving	Maintaining
Voter Registration Rate	Not Applicable
Voter Participation Rate	Decreasing
Age of Housing Stock	Not Applicable
Violent Crime Rate	Maintaining
Incarceration Rate	Maintaining
Incarceration Rate by Race/Ethnicity	Not Applicable
Population Density	Increasing
Air Quality	Increasing
Water Use	Decreasing
Waterways Impaired by Pollution	Not Applicable
Population by Age	Not Applicable
Change in Population by Age and Gender	Not Applicable
Population by Race/Ethnicity	Not Applicable
People with Disabilities	Increasing
Foreign-Born Population	Increasing
Language Diversity	Increasing
Change in Employment by Sector	Not Applicable
Sector Share of Total Jobs	Not Applicable
Workers by Occupation	Not Applicable
Change in Labor Force	Maintaining
People Entering/Leaving County/Region for Work	Not Applicable
Average Salary by Sector	Not Applicable
Change in Average Salary Since 2000	Increasing
Female to Male Earnings Ratio	Maintaining
Employer Size	Not Applicable
Change in Number of Businesses by Sector	Increasing
Change in Total Agricultural Sales	Increasing
Spending for Local Government	Maintaining
Spending for School Districts	Maintaining
Children Living in Poverty	Increasing
Children in Poverty by Race/Ethnicity	Not Applicable
People Living in Poverty	Increasing
People Living in Poverty, by Race/Ethnicity	Not Applicable
Veterans Living in Poverty	Decreasing
Working Poor	Maintaining
Median Household Income by Household Type	Not Applicable
Median Household Income, by Race/Ethnicity	Not Applicable
Living Wage	Not Applicable
Unemployment Rate by Race/Ethnicity	Not Applicable
Households Receiving SNAP by Race/Ethnicity	Not Applicable
Household Receiving Temporary Assistance	Increasing
Students Eligible for Free/Reduced Price Lunch	Increasing
Median Home Value	Maintaining
Occupied Housing Units	Decreasing
Homeownership Rate, by Race/Ethnicity	Not Applicable
Cost of Homeownership by Race/Ethnicity	Not Applicable
Median Rent	Maintaining
Cost of Renting	Increasing
Households Without Vehicles	Maintaining
Means of Transportation to Work, by Race/Ethnicity	Not Applicable
People Without Health Insurance	Decreasing
Early Prenatal Care by Mother's Race/Ethnicity	Not Applicable
Health Status	Maintaining
Prevalence of Mental Illness	Maintaining
Adults Who are Overweight or Obese	Not Applicable
Mortality Rates	Decreasing
Fatal Drug Overdoses	Increasing
Cancer Incidence	Decreasing
Households With Internet Access	Not Applicable
High-Tech Jobs	Increasing
STEM Graduates	Increasing
Science and Engineering Research and Development	Maintaining
Single-Parent Families by Race/Ethnicity	Not Applicable
Education Levels of Adults by Race/Ethnicity	Not Applicable
Incarceration Rate by Race/Ethnicity	Not Applicable
Population by Race/Ethnicity	Not Applicable
Children in Poverty by Race/Ethnicity	Not Applicable
People Living in Poverty, by Race/Ethnicity	Not Applicable
Median Household Income, by Race/Ethnicity	Not Applicable
Unemployment Rate by Race/Ethnicity	Not Applicable
Households Receiving SNAP by Race/Ethnicity	Not Applicable
Homeownership Rate, by Race/Ethnicity	Not Applicable
Cost of Homeownership by Race/Ethnicity	Not Applicable
Early Prenatal Care by Mother's Race/Ethnicity	Not Applicable