Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Bedford

Municipality: Snake Spring township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,167

Household (median)                                               25,887

Family (median)                                                  30,662

  Married couple families (mean)                                 36,370

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          23,694





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             4.7

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                57.1

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            16.7

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             6.8

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                11.1

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            61.9

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  5.8





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 14

  Elementary or High School                                         226

  College                                                            52



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              27.1

  High school grad (%)                                             72.9

  College grad (%)                                                 12.4





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    679

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           19.3

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 24.0

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.4

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                14.1

  Mean Income                                                    19,115

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                26.4

  Mean Income                                                    27,963

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            59.5

  Mean Income                                                    42,266

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    304

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    6.6

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    132

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.2





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   19.4

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           28.6

  Service (%)                                                      12.1

  Farming (%)                                                       7.8

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             11.8

  Labor (%)                                                        20.3





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