Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Bedford

Municipality: Hyndman borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,406

Household (median)                                               17,500

Family (median)                                                  21,563

  Married couple families (mean)                                 28,022

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           8,594





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            16.0

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                82.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            58.5

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            18.2

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                13.4

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            70.4

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 34.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  5

  Elementary or High School                                         173

  College                                                            25



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              31.1

  High school grad (%)                                             68.9

  College grad (%)                                                  9.9





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    409

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           18.8

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 36.7

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          7.3

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                19.8

  Mean Income                                                    16,455

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                30.4

  Mean Income                                                    18,663

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            49.8

  Mean Income                                                    33,993

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    195

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    6.2

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     78

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.5





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   10.3

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           31.3

  Service (%)                                                      19.3

  Farming (%)                                                       2.2

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             12.7

  Labor (%)                                                        24.2





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