Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Blair

Municipality: Bellwood borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,049

Household (median)                                               20,809

Family (median)                                                  28,350

  Married couple families (mean)                                 34,550

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          13,321





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             9.3

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                82.4

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            66.7

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            13.2

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                12.6

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            77.8

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 19.2





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 25

  Elementary or High School                                         359

  College                                                            59



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              25.2

  High school grad (%)                                             74.8

  College grad (%)                                                 13.1





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    773

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           23.7

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 26.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          8.3

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                18.5

  Mean Income                                                    15,222

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                32.1

  Mean Income                                                    27,156

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            49.4

  Mean Income                                                    38,016

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    383

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    9.4

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    160

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.5





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   14.2

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           31.3

  Service (%)                                                      18.2

  Farming (%)                                                       0.5

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             13.6

  Labor (%)                                                        22.1





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