Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Cumberland

Municipality: Shiremanstown borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       16,601

Household (median)                                               30,873

Family (median)                                                  38,125

  Married couple families (mean)                                 45,026

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          19,393





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             1.6

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                42.9

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            33.3

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             3.0

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 6.8

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                             0.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  3.6





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 28

  Elementary or High School                                         148

  College                                                            79



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              15.3

  High school grad (%)                                             84.7

  College grad (%)                                                 30.4





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    864

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           11.6

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 25.2

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          1.5

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                14.2

  Mean Income                                                    30,718

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                23.8

  Mean Income                                                    33,999

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            62.0

  Mean Income                                                    47,484

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    443

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    125

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.7





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   30.2

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           37.6

  Service (%)                                                       9.7

  Farming (%)                                                       0.1

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              6.6

  Labor (%)                                                        15.7





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