Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Adams

Municipality: Oxford township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       12,490

Household (median)                                               28,206

Family (median)                                                  33,149

  Married couple families (mean)                                 39,396

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          16,008





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             2.1

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                77.8

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            71.4

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             4.1

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                       31.8

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 5.7

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            87.9

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  3.3





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 49

  Elementary or High School                                         479

  College                                                            57



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              41.9

  High school grad (%)                                             58.1

  College grad (%)                                                 11.1





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,446

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           37.8

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 18.7

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.8

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                16.9

  Mean Income                                                    24,107

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                27.5

  Mean Income                                                    29,640

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            55.5

  Mean Income                                                    45,752

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    643

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.4

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    292

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.3





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   12.4

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           23.9

  Service (%)                                                      13.7

  Farming (%)                                                       2.4

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             14.4

  Labor (%)                                                        33.2





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