Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Adams

Municipality: Fairfield borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       12,337

Household (median)                                               25,139

Family (median)                                                  31,042

  Married couple families (mean)                                 36,621

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          11,617





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             3.8

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                66.7

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                           100.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             7.1

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 7.3

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            75.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 13.1





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  5

  Elementary or High School                                          74

  College                                                            11



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              25.0

  High school grad (%)                                             75.0

  College grad (%)                                                 15.4





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    230

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           29.6

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 20.0

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.5

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                24.8

  Mean Income                                                    23,310

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                21.0

  Mean Income                                                    27,129

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            54.1

  Mean Income                                                    42,282

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    103

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.9

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     52

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   18.7

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           30.4

  Service (%)                                                      11.7

  Farming (%)                                                       1.7

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             14.8

  Labor (%)                                                        22.6





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