Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Adams

Municipality: Bendersville borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,352

Household (median)                                               27,500

Family (median)                                                  30,455

  Married couple families (mean)                                 35,975

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           8,813





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             8.1

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                               100.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            58.3

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            10.7

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 9.8

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

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 21.3





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  4

  Elementary or High School                                         100

  College                                                             6



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              33.1

  High school grad (%)                                             66.9

  College grad (%)                                                 21.2





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    276

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           31.2

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 26.8

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.8

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                12.2

  Mean Income                                                    24,739

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                25.7

  Mean Income                                                    25,954

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            62.2

  Mean Income                                                    38,121

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    135

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   10.4

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     62

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.9





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   19.9

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           23.2

  Service (%)                                                      10.9

  Farming (%)                                                       5.8

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             12.3

  Labor (%)                                                        27.9





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