Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Adams

Municipality: McSherrystown borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       12,152

Household (median)                                               28,156

Family (median)                                                  32,135

  Married couple families (mean)                                 35,904

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          10,668





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             4.4

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                82.4

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            21.4

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             7.1

  Black                                                           100.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                13.6

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            56.3

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 12.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 54

  Elementary or High School                                         342

  College                                                            78



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              35.5

  High school grad (%)                                             64.5

  College grad (%)                                                 11.3





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,602

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           37.8

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 18.3

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          1.5

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                16.7

  Mean Income                                                    18,045

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                16.3

  Mean Income                                                    22,133

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            67.0

  Mean Income                                                    40,621

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    755

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    212

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   12.3

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           27.1

  Service (%)                                                      12.9

  Farming (%)                                                       0.4

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             17.9

  Labor (%)                                                        29.5





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