Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Adams

Municipality: Union township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       14,630

Household (median)                                               35,385

Family (median)                                                  38,966

  Married couple families (mean)                                 45,101

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          29,638





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             3.5

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                59.1

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                             0.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             4.8

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                10.4

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

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  6.2





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 21

  Elementary or High School                                         398

  College                                                            69



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              29.1

  High school grad (%)                                             70.9

  College grad (%)                                                 14.1





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,189

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           27.6

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 18.5

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.4

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 7.4

  Mean Income                                                    16,591

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                25.1

  Mean Income                                                    32,136

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            67.5

  Mean Income                                                    53,237

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    543

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.8

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    206

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   18.3

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           27.9

  Service (%)                                                       8.5

  Farming (%)                                                       4.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             15.6

  Labor (%)                                                        25.6





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