Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Clinton

Municipality: Beech Creek borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,177

Household (median)                                               22,955

Family (median)                                                  31,985

  Married couple families (mean)                                 33,038

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           9,328





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            11.9

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                75.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            33.3

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            15.2

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                13.0

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            80.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 21.1





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 11

  Elementary or High School                                         134

  College                                                            16



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              29.5

  High school grad (%)                                             70.5

  College grad (%)                                                 11.6





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    300

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           38.7

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 26.3

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          9.4

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                16.9

  Mean Income                                                    20,263

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                24.9

  Mean Income                                                    20,731

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            58.2

  Mean Income                                                    38,851

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    153

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    8.5

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     65

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.6





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   17.3

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           18.0

  Service (%)                                                      13.7

  Farming (%)                                                       1.7

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             12.3

  Labor (%)                                                        37.0





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