Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Bedford

Municipality: Southampton township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        8,935

Household (median)                                               22,440

Family (median)                                                  24,125

  Married couple families (mean)                                 27,612

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           3,000





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            13.1

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                71.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            18.2

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            15.6

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                21.5

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            91.3

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 18.8





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 11

  Elementary or High School                                         161

  College                                                            19



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              39.8

  High school grad (%)                                             60.2

  College grad (%)                                                  8.9





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    331

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           24.8

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 23.6

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          7.5

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                20.3

  Mean Income                                                    19,214

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                32.9

  Mean Income                                                    19,471

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            46.8

  Mean Income                                                    35,128

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    127

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    7.9

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     58

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   12.4

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           15.1

  Service (%)                                                      17.5

  Farming (%)                                                       6.6

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             18.1

  Labor (%)                                                        30.2





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