Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Adams

Municipality: Freedom township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       15,861

Household (median)                                               36,250

Family (median)                                                  39,750

  Married couple families (mean)                                 51,491

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          12,537





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             3.5

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                               100.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            28.6

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             4.8

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 9.2

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                           100.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  3.6





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 15

  Elementary or High School                                         126

  College                                                            19



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              27.0

  High school grad (%)                                             73.0

  College grad (%)                                                 23.3





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    398

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           22.4

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 32.2

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.5

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 6.9

  Mean Income                                                    18,484

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                26.7

  Mean Income                                                    36,861

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            66.3

  Mean Income                                                    56,142

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    179

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.2

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     67

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.7





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   20.6

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           23.6

  Service (%)                                                      13.3

  Farming (%)                                                       6.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             12.6

  Labor (%)                                                        23.9





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