Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Bedford

Municipality: Bedford township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,092

Household (median)                                               24,840

Family (median)                                                  29,274

  Married couple families (mean)                                 35,168

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          13,149





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             6.8

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                73.3

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            58.1

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             8.5

  Black                                                           100.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                15.1

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            61.5

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 10.4





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 70

  Elementary or High School                                         788

  College                                                           107



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              30.3

  High school grad (%)                                             69.7

  College grad (%)                                                 14.2





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  2,204

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           22.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 26.8

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          7.1

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                13.9

  Mean Income                                                    20,254

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                29.1

  Mean Income                                                    26,981

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            57.0

  Mean Income                                                    38,942

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,059

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    9.7

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    432

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   19.2

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           22.5

  Service (%)                                                      17.2

  Farming (%)                                                       2.5

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             14.3

  Labor (%)                                                        24.3





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