Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Bedford

Municipality: Bloomfield township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,289

Household (median)                                               24,732

Family (median)                                                  25,990

  Married couple families (mean)                                 30,121

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           4,225





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             8.1

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                61.1

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            54.5

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            10.1

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                14.5

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            63.6

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 14.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  8

  Elementary or High School                                         131

  College                                                            27



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              18.7

  High school grad (%)                                             81.3

  College grad (%)                                                  7.9





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    368

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           21.2

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 16.6

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.9

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                13.5

  Mean Income                                                    18,024

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                30.0

  Mean Income                                                    22,356

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            56.5

  Mean Income                                                    34,323

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    148

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     62

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.7





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                    9.0

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           24.2

  Service (%)                                                      11.1

  Farming (%)                                                      15.8

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             16.6

  Labor (%)                                                        23.4





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