Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Bedford

Municipality: Manns Choice borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        8,569

Household (median)                                               16,364

Family (median)                                                  19,167

  Married couple families (mean)                                 27,078

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           5,950





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            16.2

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                66.7

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            50.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            20.5

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                10.9

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

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 21.3





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  2

  Elementary or High School                                          33

  College                                                            13



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              43.0

  High school grad (%)                                             57.0

  College grad (%)                                                  3.5





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    107

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           13.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 15.0

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         13.0

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                13.5

  Mean Income                                                    14,944

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                35.1

  Mean Income                                                    15,660

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            51.4

  Mean Income                                                    29,401

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                     58

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   17.2

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     23

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   10.3

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           25.2

  Service (%)                                                      20.6

  Farming (%)                                                       0.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             13.1

  Labor (%)                                                        30.8





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