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