Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Franklin

Municipality: Chambersburg borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       12,744

Household (median)                                               23,565

Family (median)                                                  30,903

  Married couple families (mean)                                 39,065

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          14,960





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             8.1

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                86.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            63.1

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            11.3

  Black                                                            24.9

  Other race                                                       59.9

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 9.6

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            74.1

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 22.3





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                180

  Elementary or High School                                       2,396

  College                                                           656



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              30.6

  High school grad (%)                                             69.4

  College grad (%)                                                 19.7





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  7,679

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           19.4

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 30.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.2

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                15.4

  Mean Income                                                    22,230

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                29.1

  Mean Income                                                    28,649

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

  Mean Income                                                    41,818

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  3,942

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.5

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                  1,314

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.5





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   23.8

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           27.3

  Service (%)                                                      17.0

  Farming (%)                                                       0.6

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             10.6

  Labor (%)                                                        20.6





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