Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Armstrong

Municipality: Bethel township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,174

Household (median)                                               25,163

Family (median)                                                  27,632

  Married couple families (mean)                                 30,488

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           7,379





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             8.2

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                61.3

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            21.1

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            10.3

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                13.8

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            27.3

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 14.0





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 16

  Elementary or High School                                         227

  College                                                            35



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              29.4

  High school grad (%)                                             70.6

  College grad (%)                                                 12.5





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    548

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           31.6

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 21.9

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          6.3

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                18.9

  Mean Income                                                    14,489

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                32.9

  Mean Income                                                    23,817

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            48.2

  Mean Income                                                    39,022

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    228

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    5.7

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    107

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   11.1

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           25.7

  Service (%)                                                      12.8

  Farming (%)                                                       1.5

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             17.3

  Labor (%)                                                        31.6





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