Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Lancaster

Municipality: Adamstown borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       13,692

Household (median)                                               31,250

Family (median)                                                  35,850

  Married couple families (mean)                                 40,253

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          17,233





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             2.8

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                44.4

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            50.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             4.3

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 4.1

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

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  6.9





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 25

  Elementary or High School                                         140

  College                                                            31



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              38.2

  High school grad (%)                                             61.8

  College grad (%)                                                 15.2





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    587

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           47.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 16.0

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.0

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 8.7

  Mean Income                                                    19,000

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                26.6

  Mean Income                                                    32,073

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            64.7

  Mean Income                                                    44,246

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    273

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.7

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     90

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.4





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   14.0

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           23.2

  Service (%)                                                      10.2

  Farming (%)                                                       0.3

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             19.1

  Labor (%)                                                        33.2





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