Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Bedford

Municipality: Broad Top township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        8,002

Household (median)                                               17,273

Family (median)                                                  20,988

  Married couple families (mean)                                 25,719

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           5,120





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            22.9

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                68.5

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            49.4

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            26.5

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                20.0

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            36.8

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 38.9





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 23

  Elementary or High School                                         312

  College                                                            38



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              46.7

  High school grad (%)                                             53.3

  College grad (%)                                                  7.8





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    600

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           27.2

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 19.8

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         17.0

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                24.4

  Mean Income                                                    11,898

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                39.3

  Mean Income                                                    21,800

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            36.3

  Mean Income                                                    32,197

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    271

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   11.4

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     87

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.6





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   12.3

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           17.7

  Service (%)                                                      14.2

  Farming (%)                                                       3.5

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             17.3

  Labor (%)                                                        35.0





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