Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Adams

Municipality: Butler township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       15,172

Household (median)                                               32,755

Family (median)                                                  35,553

  Married couple families (mean)                                 43,336

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          14,064





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             3.0

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                               100.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            40.9

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             5.1

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                11.1

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            80.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  6.6





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 24

  Elementary or High School                                         488

  College                                                            68



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              28.3

  High school grad (%)                                             71.7

  College grad (%)                                                 15.7





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,406

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           26.3

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 21.5

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.9

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 5.8

  Mean Income                                                    27,368

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                22.9

  Mean Income                                                    30,677

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            71.3

  Mean Income                                                    46,041

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    632

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.4

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    285

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.7





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   15.6

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           26.6

  Service (%)                                                      12.3

  Farming (%)                                                       6.4

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             14.7

  Labor (%)                                                        24.4





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