Municipal Socio-Economic Profile
County: Jefferson
Municipality: Bell township
INCOME
Per Capita 10,357
Household (median) 24,441
Family (median) 28,071
Married couple families (mean) 31,795
Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean) 24,053
POVERTY
Families in Poverty (%) 8.4
Families w/children in poverty (%) 58.0
Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%) 37.9
Persons in Poverty (%)
White 9.8
Black 0.0
Other race 0.0
Hispanic 0.0
Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%) 11.7
Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%) 48.5
Children (under 18) in poverty (%) 10.3
EDUCATION
Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school
Pre-primary school 29
Elementary or High School 388
College 81
Total Persons age 25 and over
Less than a High School Diploma (%) 24.7
High school grad (%) 75.3
College grad (%) 16.9
EMPLOYMENT
Employed persons age 16 and over 853
Employed in manufacturing industry (%) 14.9
Employed in service industry (%) 27.0
Unemployment rate - 1989 8.3
Families with no workers - 1989 (%) 15.7
Mean Income 14,744
Families with one worker - 1989 (%) 32.9
Mean Income 27,345
Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%) 51.3
Mean Income 37,966
Females age 16 and over
In labor force 387
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 9.0
Females age 16 and over, with children
In labor force 168
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 2.0
OCCUPATION
Employed persons age 16 and over
Managerial (%) 20.4
Sales and suppport (%) 24.9
Service (%) 13.0
Farming (%) 2.0
Craft and Repair (%) 18.9
Labor (%) 20.9
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