Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Franklin

Municipality: Greencastle borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       14,385

Household (median)                                               28,036

Family (median)                                                  33,639

  Married couple families (mean)                                 41,437

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          14,843





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             7.5

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                83.3

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            45.7

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             9.8

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 8.1

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            77.8

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 21.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 54

  Elementary or High School                                         429

  College                                                           128



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              27.8

  High school grad (%)                                             72.2

  College grad (%)                                                 15.8





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,883

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           34.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 19.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.4

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                16.2

  Mean Income                                                    22,524

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                23.6

  Mean Income                                                    29,965

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            60.1

  Mean Income                                                    45,831

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    898

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    308

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   20.8

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           28.6

  Service (%)                                                      13.6

  Farming (%)                                                       0.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             12.8

  Labor (%)                                                        24.2





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