Municipal Socio-Economic Profile
County: Northampton
Municipality: Upper Mount Bethel township
INCOME
Per Capita 16,561
Household (median) 35,087
Family (median) 38,750
Married couple families (mean) 48,435
Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean) 8,947
POVERTY
Families in Poverty (%) 2.9
Families w/children in poverty (%) 47.9
Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%) 73.9
Persons in Poverty (%)
White 3.8
Black 0.0
Other race 0.0
Hispanic 0.0
Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%) 7.4
Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%) 56.1
Children (under 18) in poverty (%) 4.6
EDUCATION
Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school
Pre-primary school 140
Elementary or High School 808
College 236
Total Persons age 25 and over
Less than a High School Diploma (%) 23.2
High school grad (%) 76.8
College grad (%) 21.6
EMPLOYMENT
Employed persons age 16 and over 2,708
Employed in manufacturing industry (%) 27.4
Employed in service industry (%) 29.4
Unemployment rate - 1989 4.4
Families with no workers - 1989 (%) 14.1
Mean Income 17,851
Families with one worker - 1989 (%) 27.0
Mean Income 33,187
Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%) 58.9
Mean Income 60,972
Females age 16 and over
In labor force 1,201
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 5.9
Females age 16 and over, with children
In labor force 411
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 0.8
OCCUPATION
Employed persons age 16 and over
Managerial (%) 19.1
Sales and suppport (%) 27.4
Service (%) 11.0
Farming (%) 3.1
Craft and Repair (%) 16.0
Labor (%) 23.4
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