Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Cumberland

Municipality: Silver Spring township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       17,614

Household (median)                                               38,760

Family (median)                                                  41,748

  Married couple families (mean)                                 53,085

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          22,459





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             0.7

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                41.2

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

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             1.7

  Black                                                            40.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 2.0

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            37.5

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  1.3





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                237

  Elementary or High School                                       1,374

  College                                                           394



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              17.4

  High school grad (%)                                             82.6

  College grad (%)                                                 27.1





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  4,857

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           11.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 22.2

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          1.4

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 5.9

  Mean Income                                                    36,358

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                25.1

  Mean Income                                                    42,553

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            68.9

  Mean Income                                                    54,704

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  2,310

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.7

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    874

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.7





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   24.5

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           33.5

  Service (%)                                                       8.9

  Farming (%)                                                       2.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             11.8

  Labor (%)                                                        19.3





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