Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Bedford

Municipality: South Woodbury township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,374

Household (median)                                               25,653

Family (median)                                                  27,500

  Married couple families (mean)                                 34,246

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          10,584





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             7.5

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                75.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            53.3

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             9.0

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                19.9

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            40.5

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 10.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 42

  Elementary or High School                                         376

  College                                                            32



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              20.0

  High school grad (%)                                             80.0

  College grad (%)                                                 13.4





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    876

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           19.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 22.6

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.3

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                12.9

  Mean Income                                                    18,449

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                25.0

  Mean Income                                                    27,587

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            62.1

  Mean Income                                                    37,991

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    374

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.7

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    170

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   14.2

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           20.4

  Service (%)                                                      11.5

  Farming (%)                                                      16.7

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             14.4

  Labor (%)                                                        22.8





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