Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Bradford

Municipality: Wells township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,875

Household (median)                                               25,446

Family (median)                                                  25,848

  Married couple families (mean)                                 32,669

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           6,490





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            14.2

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                82.9

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            38.2

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            18.3

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                14.5

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            70.6

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 26.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  4

  Elementary or High School                                         232

  College                                                            10



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              28.6

  High school grad (%)                                             71.4

  College grad (%)                                                 12.8





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    421

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           29.2

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 26.6

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         10.0

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                12.5

  Mean Income                                                     8,596

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                32.9

  Mean Income                                                    26,703

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            54.7

  Mean Income                                                    37,260

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    199

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    5.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     93

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.1





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   16.6

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           29.2

  Service (%)                                                      11.4

  Farming (%)                                                       7.4

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             16.4

  Labor (%)                                                        19.0





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