Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Adams

Municipality: Hamilton township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       13,655

Household (median)                                               35,726

Family (median)                                                  37,619

  Married couple families (mean)                                 45,101

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          16,617





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             3.1

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                73.3

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            90.9

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             3.4

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 4.9

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            28.6

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  4.9





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 24

  Elementary or High School                                         369

  College                                                            46



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              23.6

  High school grad (%)                                             76.4

  College grad (%)                                                 11.4





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    978

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           30.9

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 23.8

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          1.3

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 6.4

  Mean Income                                                    34,061

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                24.4

  Mean Income                                                    32,547

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            69.3

  Mean Income                                                    48,073

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    433

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.5

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    178

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.3





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   16.2

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           24.9

  Service (%)                                                      11.6

  Farming (%)                                                       2.5

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             15.0

  Labor (%)                                                        29.9





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