Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Adams

Municipality: Biglerville borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       12,734

Household (median)                                               30,417

Family (median)                                                  35,380

  Married couple families (mean)                                 38,719

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          16,246





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             4.4

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                               100.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            53.8

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             5.5

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                       52.3

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 6.1

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            90.9

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 18.1





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 13

  Elementary or High School                                         152

  College                                                            40



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              26.7

  High school grad (%)                                             73.3

  College grad (%)                                                 26.1





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    527

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           27.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 31.7

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          1.9

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 9.9

  Mean Income                                                    25,908

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                24.2

  Mean Income                                                    26,413

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            65.9

  Mean Income                                                    42,837

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    258

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.2

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     92

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   21.8

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           28.8

  Service (%)                                                      14.2

  Farming (%)                                                       3.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              8.3

  Labor (%)                                                        23.7





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