Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Adams

Municipality: Arendtsville borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       14,997

Household (median)                                               30,547

Family (median)                                                  38,125

  Married couple families (mean)                                 42,294

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          23,433





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             4.7

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                50.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            60.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             5.3

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 7.2

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            63.6

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  3.4





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 21

  Elementary or High School                                          83

  College                                                            29



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              20.1

  High school grad (%)                                             79.9

  College grad (%)                                                 30.8





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    363

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           24.8

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 33.6

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.7

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                10.4

  Mean Income                                                    21,882

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                24.1

  Mean Income                                                    33,095

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            65.6

  Mean Income                                                    45,030

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    158

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.5

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     71

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.7





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   27.5

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           28.4

  Service (%)                                                      11.0

  Farming (%)                                                       3.6

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             11.3

  Labor (%)                                                        18.2





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