Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Adams

Municipality: Mount Joy township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       13,941

Household (median)                                               34,865

Family (median)                                                  36,987

  Married couple families (mean)                                 47,477

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          22,011





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             6.0

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                45.8

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            27.3

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             7.1

  Black                                                             3.6

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 6.1

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            22.2

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  8.2





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 57

  Elementary or High School                                         557

  College                                                           101



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              29.3

  High school grad (%)                                             70.7

  College grad (%)                                                 22.5





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,427

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           20.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 29.2

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.7

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                11.0

  Mean Income                                                    22,887

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                22.3

  Mean Income                                                    39,182

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            66.6

  Mean Income                                                    49,880

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    681

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    292

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.2





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   24.9

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           26.5

  Service (%)                                                      12.1

  Farming (%)                                                       4.5

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             13.5

  Labor (%)                                                        18.5





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