Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Chambersburg borough GEOCODE:42-1745 PA ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 16,174 100.0% 16,647 100.0% 473 2.9 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 13,143 81.3% 12,478 75.0% -665 -5.1 -6.3 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 497 3.1% 800 4.8% 303 61.0 1.7 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 15,163 93.7% 15,035 90.3% -128 -0.8 -3.4 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 919 5.7% 1,250 7.5% 331 36.0 1.8 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 18 0.1% 160 1.0% 142 788.9 0.8 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 17 0.1% 44 0.3% 27 158.8 0.2 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 138 0.9% 192 1.2% 54 39.1 0.3 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 835 5.2% 943 5.7% 108 12.9 0.5 5-17.................. 2,954 18.3% 2,499 15.0% -455 -15.4 -3.3 18-24.................. 1,683 10.4% 1,458 8.8% -225 -13.4 -1.6 25-44.................. 3,896 24.1% 4,752 28.5% 856 22.0 4.5 45-64.................. 3,742 23.1% 3,286 19.7% -456 -12.2 -3.4 65 AND OVER............ 3,064 18.9% 3,709 22.3% 645 21.1 3.3 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 3,789 23.4% 3,442 20.7% -347 -9.2 -2.8 40 AND OVER............ 7,543 46.6% 8,037 48.3% 495 6.6 1.6 MEDIAN AGE............ 36.3 38.8 2.5 6.8 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $24,687 $23,565 -1,122 -4.5 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $31,270 $30,903 -367 -1.2 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $11,867 $12,744 877 7.4 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 1,215 7.8% 2,079 13.1% 864 71.1 5.3 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 6,630 100.0% 7,247 100.0% 617 9.3 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 4,364 65.8% 4,301 59.3% -63 -1.4 -6.5 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 2,295 34.6% 2,386 32.9% 91 4.0 -1.7 MARRIED COUPLES...... 3,556 53.6% 3,385 46.7% -171 -4.8 -6.9 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 1,497 22.6% 1,240 17.1% -257 -17.2 -5.5 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 705 10.6% 734 10.1% 29 4.1 -0.5 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 365 5.5% 467 6.4% 102 27.9 0.9 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 2,065 31.1% 2,613 36.1% 548 26.5 4.9 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.4 2.2 -0.2 -7.5 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 10,702 100.0% 11,747 100.0% 1,045 9.8 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 3,778 35.3% 4,482 38.2% 704 18.6 2.9 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 1,530 14.3% 1,850 15.7% 320 20.9 1.5 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 7,502 100.0% 8,020 100.0% 518 6.9 FEMALE................ 3,476 46.3% 3,928 49.0% 452 13.0 2.6 EMPLOYED.............. 7,024 93.6% 7,679 95.7% 655 9.3 2.1 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 1,508 20.1% 1,830 22.8% 322 21.4 2.7 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 1,028 13.7% 1,305 16.3% 277 26.9 2.6 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 6,935 100.0% 7,618 100.0% 683 9.8 OCCUPIED.............. 6,656 96.0% 7,238 95.0% 582 8.7 -1.0 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 3,596 54.0% 3,727 51.5% 131 3.6 -2.5 AVERAGE VALUE....... $65,586 $71,702 6,116 9.3 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 3,060 46.0% 3,511 48.5% 451 14.7 2.5 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $305 $338 33 11.0 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 4,333 62.5% 4,779 62.7% 446 10.3 0.3 MOBILE HOMES.......... 5 0.1% 32 0.4% 27 540.0 0.3 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1937.6 1947.0 9.4 0.5 NOTES: 1. Income figures for "1980" are actually for 1979 and have been converted to 1989 dollars using CPI inflation factor of 1.708. 2. Average value of housing units and median contract rent for 1980 have been converted to 1990 dollars using CPI inflation factor of 1.586 Source: 1980 and 1990 summary tape files 3, U.S. Bureau of the Census Programming and design by the Urban Information Center, U. of Mo. St. Louis