Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Cumberland

Municipality: Mechanicsburg borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       15,312

Household (median)                                               32,153

Family (median)                                                  39,583

  Married couple families (mean)                                 45,799

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          18,963





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             2.7

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                56.5

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            17.9

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             4.0

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 6.7

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            62.8

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  4.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                217

  Elementary or High School                                       1,357

  College                                                           591



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              13.8

  High school grad (%)                                             86.2

  College grad (%)                                                 29.4





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  5,186

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                            9.6

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 27.8

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          1.7

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                11.1

  Mean Income                                                    23,411

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                24.1

  Mean Income                                                    40,524

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            64.8

  Mean Income                                                    48,594

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  2,463

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.9

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    764

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   28.8

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           35.9

  Service (%)                                                      12.1

  Farming (%)                                                       1.1

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              9.3

  Labor (%)                                                        12.8





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