Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Fulton

Municipality: Belfast township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,741

Household (median)                                               24,312

Family (median)                                                  26,250

  Married couple families (mean)                                 30,284

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          20,017





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             9.3

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                33.3

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            45.5

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            10.0

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                19.3

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            34.6

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  7.8





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 10

  Elementary or High School                                         229

  College                                                            31



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              37.3

  High school grad (%)                                             62.7

  College grad (%)                                                  7.6





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    556

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           26.4

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 19.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.8

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                14.4

  Mean Income                                                    12,302

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                31.3

  Mean Income                                                    21,874

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

  Mean Income                                                    37,226

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    222

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.5

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     92

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   11.7

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           25.2

  Service (%)                                                      11.9

  Farming (%)                                                       8.5

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             14.0

  Labor (%)                                                        28.8





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