Municipal Socio-Economic Profile
County: Bedford
Municipality: Liberty township
INCOME
Per Capita 9,078
Household (median) 19,531
Family (median) 25,517
Married couple families (mean) 29,422
Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean) 14,581
POVERTY
Families in Poverty (%) 9.1
Families w/children in poverty (%) 73.7
Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%) 32.1
Persons in Poverty (%)
White 11.9
Black 0.0
Other race 0.0
Hispanic 0.0
Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%) 14.6
Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%) 77.1
Children (under 18) in poverty (%) 15.2
EDUCATION
Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school
Pre-primary school 25
Elementary or High School 263
College 47
Total Persons age 25 and over
Less than a High School Diploma (%) 31.6
High school grad (%) 68.4
College grad (%) 9.8
EMPLOYMENT
Employed persons age 16 and over 563
Employed in manufacturing industry (%) 29.1
Employed in service industry (%) 27.7
Unemployment rate - 1989 9.4
Families with no workers - 1989 (%) 17.7
Mean Income 15,154
Families with one worker - 1989 (%) 28.0
Mean Income 22,745
Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%) 54.3
Mean Income 34,917
Females age 16 and over
In labor force 277
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 11.2
Females age 16 and over, with children
In labor force 131
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 4.1
OCCUPATION
Employed persons age 16 and over
Managerial (%) 12.8
Sales and suppport (%) 22.9
Service (%) 11.9
Farming (%) 5.0
Craft and Repair (%) 17.4
Labor (%) 30.0
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