Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Clinton

Municipality: Beech Creek township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,725

Household (median)                                               22,344

Family (median)                                                  25,667

  Married couple families (mean)                                 29,948

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          19,699





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             5.8

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                47.1

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            25.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             7.3

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                15.0

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            91.7

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  5.6





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 11

  Elementary or High School                                         197

  College                                                            37



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              24.7

  High school grad (%)                                             75.3

  College grad (%)                                                 11.3





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    472

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           35.2

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 23.5

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          8.2

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 9.2

  Mean Income                                                    20,679

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                27.7

  Mean Income                                                    23,613

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            63.0

  Mean Income                                                    32,075

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    247

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    5.3

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    117

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.3





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   10.4

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           16.1

  Service (%)                                                      13.1

  Farming (%)                                                       6.1

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             14.6

  Labor (%)                                                        39.6





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