Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Centre

Municipality: Bellefonte borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,890

Household (median)                                               22,417

Family (median)                                                  28,151

  Married couple families (mean)                                 36,921

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          11,671





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            10.3

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                89.3

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            65.2

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            13.2

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                11.4

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            82.6

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 24.4





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                178

  Elementary or High School                                         821

  College                                                           370



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              23.9

  High school grad (%)                                             76.1

  College grad (%)                                                 29.1





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  3,059

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           16.6

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 44.0

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.9

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                10.2

  Mean Income                                                    15,195

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                30.4

  Mean Income                                                    27,113

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            59.4

  Mean Income                                                    39,090

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,524

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    494

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.3





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   27.4

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           31.6

  Service (%)                                                      15.3

  Farming (%)                                                       0.6

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             11.0

  Labor (%)                                                        14.0





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