Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Bedford

Municipality: Schellsburg borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,383

Household (median)                                               20,313

Family (median)                                                  28,438

  Married couple families (mean)                                 29,734

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           2,185





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            11.6

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                               100.0

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

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            13.9

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                14.9

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

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 18.4





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  5

  Elementary or High School                                          26

  College                                                             9



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              28.9

  High school grad (%)                                             71.1

  College grad (%)                                                 15.1





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                     94

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           22.3

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 29.8

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          6.0

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 7.2

  Mean Income                                                    11,270

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                44.9

  Mean Income                                                    25,400

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            47.8

  Mean Income                                                    32,614

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                     47

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    8.5

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     15

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   22.3

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           22.3

  Service (%)                                                      17.0

  Farming (%)                                                       0.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              7.4

  Labor (%)                                                        30.9





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