Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Adams

Municipality: Menallen township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       12,408

Household (median)                                               28,935

Family (median)                                                  31,169

  Married couple families (mean)                                 37,878

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          17,817





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             5.6

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                79.1

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            29.4

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             8.0

  Black                                                             9.1

  Other race                                                       29.7

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 4.7

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            42.9

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 12.2





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 19

  Elementary or High School                                         504

  College                                                            61



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              32.3

  High school grad (%)                                             67.7

  College grad (%)                                                 11.0





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,347

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           29.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 19.3

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          6.3

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 8.0

  Mean Income                                                    23,431

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                25.7

  Mean Income                                                    30,769

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            66.4

  Mean Income                                                    41,177

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    593

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    8.8

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    236

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.1





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   12.5

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           22.0

  Service (%)                                                       9.8

  Farming (%)                                                      11.7

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             15.1

  Labor (%)                                                        28.9





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