Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Bedford

Municipality: Bedford borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       12,838

Household (median)                                               20,731

Family (median)                                                  29,494

  Married couple families (mean)                                 42,184

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          14,114





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             6.9

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                89.8

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            56.6

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            14.7

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                12.2

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            92.2

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 30.0





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 23

  Elementary or High School                                         475

  College                                                           100



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              22.0

  High school grad (%)                                             78.0

  College grad (%)                                                 20.3





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,365

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           17.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 29.5

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.9

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                17.8

  Mean Income                                                    26,881

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                26.6

  Mean Income                                                    26,093

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            55.6

  Mean Income                                                    44,640

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    688

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    5.2

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    230

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.7





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   25.3

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           31.3

  Service (%)                                                      15.6

  Farming (%)                                                       1.4

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              7.8

  Labor (%)                                                        18.6





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