Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Franklin

Municipality: Shippensburg borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       16,000

Household (median)                                               31,709

Family (median)                                                  39,821

  Married couple families (mean)                                 38,757

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                               0





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             5.9

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                56.3

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

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             8.3

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 3.6

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                           100.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  4.3





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  0

  Elementary or High School                                         139

  College                                                            39



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              19.0

  High school grad (%)                                             81.0

  College grad (%)                                                 33.0





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    480

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           13.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 40.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.4

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                13.2

  Mean Income                                                    20,661

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                20.5

  Mean Income                                                    67,852

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            66.3

  Mean Income                                                    40,467

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    241

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.9

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    123

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   38.3

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           28.7

  Service (%)                                                      12.7

  Farming (%)                                                       1.7

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              7.9

  Labor (%)                                                        10.6





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