Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Armstrong

Municipality: South Bend township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,467

Household (median)                                               24,911

Family (median)                                                  28,173

  Married couple families (mean)                                 31,327

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           4,782





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            14.0

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                72.5

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            37.8

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            16.7

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 5.3

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            42.9

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 25.8





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 11

  Elementary or High School                                         286

  College                                                            57



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              27.2

  High school grad (%)                                             72.8

  College grad (%)                                                  9.6





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    553

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           19.7

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 15.9

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          6.7

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                15.6

  Mean Income                                                    11,914

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                33.2

  Mean Income                                                    25,575

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            51.2

  Mean Income                                                    38,267

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    229

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    5.7

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     87

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.4





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                    8.7

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           26.8

  Service (%)                                                       9.9

  Farming (%)                                                       4.2

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             23.9

  Labor (%)                                                        26.6





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