Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Fulton

Municipality: Bethel township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,945

Household (median)                                               24,258

Family (median)                                                  28,625

  Married couple families (mean)                                 33,434

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          16,939





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             8.6

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                45.2

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            64.3

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            11.4

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                19.9

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            84.8

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  8.6





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  8

  Elementary or High School                                         242

  College                                                            32



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              39.5

  High school grad (%)                                             60.5

  College grad (%)                                                 10.1





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    574

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           31.0

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 17.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.6

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                13.3

  Mean Income                                                    15,224

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                27.2

  Mean Income                                                    29,384

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            59.4

  Mean Income                                                    37,188

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    250

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.6

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    136

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   15.0

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           18.1

  Service (%)                                                      12.2

  Farming (%)                                                       7.7

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             17.1

  Labor (%)                                                        30.0





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