Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Adams

Municipality: Highland township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       14,260

Household (median)                                               37,361

Family (median)                                                  39,167

  Married couple families (mean)                                 43,411

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          20,107





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             4.2

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                80.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            37.5

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             5.4

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 8.7

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            66.7

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  4.9





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  6

  Elementary or High School                                         147

  College                                                            13



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              26.7

  High school grad (%)                                             73.3

  College grad (%)                                                 21.8





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    435

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           20.9

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 30.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.1

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 6.4

  Mean Income                                                    32,393

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                21.6

  Mean Income                                                    26,050

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            72.0

  Mean Income                                                    48,522

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    212

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.8

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     79

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.6





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   21.4

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           28.7

  Service (%)                                                      12.2

  Farming (%)                                                       6.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             13.3

  Labor (%)                                                        18.4





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