Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Northampton

Municipality: Bethlehem township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       17,659

Household (median)                                               42,235

Family (median)                                                  44,844

  Married couple families (mean)                                 55,107

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          22,024





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             1.9

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                71.1

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            81.3

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             2.8

  Black                                                            14.8

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 3.4

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            79.7

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  3.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                430

  Elementary or High School                                       2,657

  College                                                         1,107



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              18.2

  High school grad (%)                                             81.8

  College grad (%)                                                 30.1





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  8,695

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           28.7

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 28.9

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.9

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 8.9

  Mean Income                                                    24,013

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                26.2

  Mean Income                                                    40,978

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            64.9

  Mean Income                                                    63,131

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  4,005

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                  1,574

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.9





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   29.3

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           34.0

  Service (%)                                                       9.1

  Farming (%)                                                       0.3

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             12.6

  Labor (%)                                                        14.7





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