Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Northampton

Municipality: Lower Mount Bethel township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       15,630

Household (median)                                               34,880

Family (median)                                                  39,826

  Married couple families (mean)                                 49,846

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          31,778





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             3.1

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                67.9

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            42.1

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             4.5

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 0.0

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                             0.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  6.2





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 38

  Elementary or High School                                         550

  College                                                           127



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              19.4

  High school grad (%)                                             80.6

  College grad (%)                                                 23.3





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,606

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           27.6

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 25.0

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.2

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 7.5

  Mean Income                                                    17,711

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                33.2

  Mean Income                                                    32,084

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            59.3

  Mean Income                                                    60,661

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    702

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.6

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    307

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.7





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   20.9

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           31.6

  Service (%)                                                       8.2

  Farming (%)                                                       5.5

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             15.5

  Labor (%)                                                        18.3





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