Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Bedford

Municipality: Coaldale borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        8,111

Household (median)                                               17,813

Family (median)                                                  22,188

  Married couple families (mean)                                 23,331

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          22,448





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            16.7

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                71.4

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                             0.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            19.1

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                12.0

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                           100.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 14.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  6

  Elementary or High School                                          18

  College                                                             3



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              36.7

  High school grad (%)                                             63.3

  College grad (%)                                                  3.1





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                     56

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           23.2

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 16.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         11.1

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                21.4

  Mean Income                                                    14,518

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                50.0

  Mean Income                                                    19,949

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            28.6

  Mean Income                                                    31,607

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                     22

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     11

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                    5.4

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           19.6

  Service (%)                                                      14.3

  Farming (%)                                                       8.9

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             17.9

  Labor (%)                                                        33.9





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