Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Columbia

Municipality: Benton borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,612

Household (median)                                               22,917

Family (median)                                                  26,750

  Married couple families (mean)                                 32,584

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          14,719





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             9.1

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                84.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            42.9

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            13.3

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                13.6

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            75.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 17.1





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  9

  Elementary or High School                                         202

  College                                                            28



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              27.1

  High school grad (%)                                             72.9

  College grad (%)                                                 14.6





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    446

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           26.7

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 30.7

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.3

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                12.0

  Mean Income                                                    16,636

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                33.6

  Mean Income                                                    23,903

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            54.4

  Mean Income                                                    35,414

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    224

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.2

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    101

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.3





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   19.1

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           21.5

  Service (%)                                                      14.3

  Farming (%)                                                       1.3

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             14.1

  Labor (%)                                                        29.6





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