Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Franklin

Municipality: Mercersburg borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       12,733

Household (median)                                               25,132

Family (median)                                                  29,696

  Married couple families (mean)                                 38,597

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          13,996





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             6.0

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                92.9

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            73.1

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             9.3

  Black                                                            13.4

  Other race                                                       90.9

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                11.2

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            69.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 17.1





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 16

  Elementary or High School                                         254

  College                                                            46



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              30.3

  High school grad (%)                                             69.7

  College grad (%)                                                 22.5





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    777

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           29.2

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 34.0

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.3

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                12.6

  Mean Income                                                    19,212

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                30.4

  Mean Income                                                    32,908

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            57.0

  Mean Income                                                    40,443

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    355

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.8

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    162

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.9





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   26.1

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           28.4

  Service (%)                                                      10.2

  Farming (%)                                                       1.5

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             10.0

  Labor (%)                                                        23.7





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