Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Bedford

Municipality: Cumberland Valley township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,508

Household (median)                                               22,500

Family (median)                                                  24,965

  Married couple families (mean)                                 28,305

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          27,260





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             9.9

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                41.9

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                             5.6

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            11.7

  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 (%)                            58.6

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 13.3





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 11

  Elementary or High School                                         282

  College                                                            48



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              35.6

  High school grad (%)                                             64.4

  College grad (%)                                                 11.5





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    579

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           22.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 24.9

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          8.4

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                17.8

  Mean Income                                                    17,143

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                30.5

  Mean Income                                                    26,225

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            51.7

  Mean Income                                                    32,987

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    267

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    7.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    111

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.3





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   12.6

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           23.1

  Service (%)                                                      14.0

  Farming (%)                                                       6.9

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             18.3

  Labor (%)                                                        25.0





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