Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Bedford

Municipality: Kimmel township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        8,437

Household (median)                                               20,817

Family (median)                                                  23,319

  Married couple families (mean)                                 27,473

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          14,722





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            11.5

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                88.5

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            19.6

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            15.6

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                10.8

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            55.6

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 24.4





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  9

  Elementary or High School                                         316

  College                                                            43



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              31.2

  High school grad (%)                                             68.8

  College grad (%)                                                  5.9





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    642

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           40.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 17.0

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          8.8

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                15.7

  Mean Income                                                    15,564

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                28.4

  Mean Income                                                    23,058

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            55.9

  Mean Income                                                    31,428

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    287

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    9.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    137

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.9





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                    8.6

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           22.3

  Service (%)                                                      11.7

  Farming (%)                                                       3.7

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             18.8

  Labor (%)                                                        34.9





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