Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Fulton

Municipality: Wells township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,040

Household (median)                                               23,438

Family (median)                                                  26,500

  Married couple families (mean)                                 28,178

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                               0





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             9.8

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                43.8

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                             0.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            13.2

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                29.8

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            64.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 15.9





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  1

  Elementary or High School                                         107

  College                                                            14



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              40.3

  High school grad (%)                                             59.7

  College grad (%)                                                  6.1





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    234

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           23.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 17.5

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.3

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                17.1

  Mean Income                                                    13,646

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                28.7

  Mean Income                                                    25,457

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            54.3

  Mean Income                                                    33,464

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    108

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.6

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     44

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.3





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                    8.5

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           19.2

  Service (%)                                                      19.7

  Farming (%)                                                       5.6

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             17.9

  Labor (%)                                                        29.1





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