Municipal Socio-Economic Profile




County:       Clearfield

Municipality: Bell township


INCOME Per Capita 7,922 Household (median) 18,304 Family (median) 21,607 Married couple families (mean) 26,183 Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean) 6,656 POVERTY Families in Poverty (%) 22.0 Families w/children in poverty (%) 60.7 Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%) 38.2 Persons in Poverty (%) White 22.3 Black 0.0 Other race 0.0 Hispanic 0.0 Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%) 26.0 Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%) 20.6 Children (under 18) in poverty (%) 27.0 EDUCATION Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school Pre-primary school 17 Elementary or High School 174 College 18 Total Persons age 25 and over Less than a High School Diploma (%) 38.0 High school grad (%) 62.0 College grad (%) 6.2 EMPLOYMENT Employed persons age 16 and over 316 Employed in manufacturing industry (%) 25.6 Employed in service industry (%) 16.8 Unemployment rate - 1989 16.6 Families with no workers - 1989 (%) 19.3 Mean Income 10,880 Families with one worker - 1989 (%) 37.8 Mean Income 20,000 Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%) 42.9 Mean Income 34,052 Females age 16 and over In labor force 156 Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 14.1 Females age 16 and over, with children In labor force 55 Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 3.3 OCCUPATION Employed persons age 16 and over Managerial (%) 8.5 Sales and suppport (%) 26.9 Service (%) 9.8 Farming (%) 11.4 Craft and Repair (%) 16.5 Labor (%) 26.9 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