Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Bedford

Municipality: Hopewell township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,172

Household (median)                                               20,873

Family (median)                                                  23,107

  Married couple families (mean)                                 28,992

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          10,782





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            11.3

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                65.7

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            31.8

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            12.4

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                14.8

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            48.6

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 18.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 32

  Elementary or High School                                         332

  College                                                            48



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              31.1

  High school grad (%)                                             68.9

  College grad (%)                                                  8.0





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    832

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           19.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 23.8

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          7.8

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                16.2

  Mean Income                                                    12,636

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                28.2

  Mean Income                                                    22,571

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            55.6

  Mean Income                                                    34,291

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    372

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    5.4

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    168

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   10.8

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           24.2

  Service (%)                                                      16.8

  Farming (%)                                                       8.8

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             16.5

  Labor (%)                                                        23.0





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