Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Adams

Municipality: New Oxford borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       13,458

Household (median)                                               28,494

Family (median)                                                  33,158

  Married couple families (mean)                                 44,146

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          15,461





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             4.4

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                               100.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            60.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             4.5

  Black                                                            81.3

  Other race                                                       53.6

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 6.1

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                           100.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 11.4





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 32

  Elementary or High School                                         267

  College                                                            40



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              29.7

  High school grad (%)                                             70.3

  College grad (%)                                                 12.3





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    882

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           33.0

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 22.0

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.5

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                11.2

  Mean Income                                                    22,115

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                24.2

  Mean Income                                                    25,480

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            64.5

  Mean Income                                                    48,038

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    420

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.4

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    183

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.3





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   13.3

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           27.7

  Service (%)                                                      17.6

  Farming (%)                                                       0.5

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             13.6

  Labor (%)                                                        27.4





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