Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Armstrong

Municipality: South Bethlehem borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,003

Household (median)                                               22,614

Family (median)                                                  29,107

  Married couple families (mean)                                 31,424

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          10,080





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             8.5

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                66.7

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

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            11.1

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                10.9

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            75.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 14.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 11

  Elementary or High School                                          54

  College                                                            15



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              28.4

  High school grad (%)                                             71.6

  College grad (%)                                                 15.5





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    170

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           18.8

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 29.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          9.4

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                17.0

  Mean Income                                                    19,834

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                31.2

  Mean Income                                                    22,445

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            51.8

  Mean Income                                                    38,597

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                     81

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    6.2

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     32

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   16.5

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           39.4

  Service (%)                                                       5.9

  Farming (%)                                                       1.2

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             21.8

  Labor (%)                                                        15.3





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