Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Bedford

Municipality: Hopewell borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        7,370

Household (median)                                               16,563

Family (median)                                                  19,286

  Married couple families (mean)                                 21,179

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                               0





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            11.5

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                               100.0

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

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            22.0

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 7.1

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

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 41.0





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  4

  Elementary or High School                                          23

  College                                                             0



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              52.6

  High school grad (%)                                             47.4

  College grad (%)                                                  0.0





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                     64

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           53.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                  3.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         19.0

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 7.7

  Mean Income                                                    10,470

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                44.2

  Mean Income                                                    16,235

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            48.1

  Mean Income                                                    25,235

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                     26

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   19.2

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                      8

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.4





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                    6.3

  Sales and suppport (%)                                            7.8

  Service (%)                                                       6.3

  Farming (%)                                                       0.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             15.6

  Labor (%)                                                        64.1





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