Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Adams

Municipality: Conewago township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       14,005

Household (median)                                               35,532

Family (median)                                                  38,405

  Married couple families (mean)                                 47,616

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          22,446





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             2.4

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                               100.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            41.9

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             4.0

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 5.3

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            72.7

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  6.4





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 95

  Elementary or High School                                         838

  College                                                           145



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              23.4

  High school grad (%)                                             76.6

  College grad (%)                                                 13.4





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  2,608

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           36.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 22.0

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          1.5

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 8.3

  Mean Income                                                    19,641

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                18.3

  Mean Income                                                    27,285

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            73.4

  Mean Income                                                    52,025

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,271

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.9

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    536

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.3





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   13.8

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           30.6

  Service (%)                                                      12.9

  Farming (%)                                                       0.5

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             14.9

  Labor (%)                                                        27.3





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