Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Bedford

Municipality: Monroe township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,441

Household (median)                                               21,114

Family (median)                                                  23,558

  Married couple families (mean)                                 30,781

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          11,077





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            10.0

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                60.5

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                             0.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            16.5

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                18.9

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            59.4

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 19.9





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 10

  Elementary or High School                                         235

  College                                                            23



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              40.8

  High school grad (%)                                             59.2

  College grad (%)                                                  6.5





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    569

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           18.3

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 16.9

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.2

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                13.1

  Mean Income                                                    14,109

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                30.4

  Mean Income                                                    29,850

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            56.4

  Mean Income                                                    33,263

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    236

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    7.2

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     87

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                    8.3

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           21.6

  Service (%)                                                      12.8

  Farming (%)                                                      18.8

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             16.2

  Labor (%)                                                        22.3





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