Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Potter

Municipality: Bingham township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        7,609

Household (median)                                               17,697

Family (median)                                                  19,531

  Married couple families (mean)                                 25,705

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           3,200





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            16.5

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                71.4

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            30.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            19.6

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                24.7

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            23.8

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 25.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 18

  Elementary or High School                                         121

  College                                                            15



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              46.8

  High school grad (%)                                             53.2

  College grad (%)                                                  7.8





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    216

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           12.0

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 20.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          9.6

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                15.3

  Mean Income                                                     9,598

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                28.8

  Mean Income                                                    16,479

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            55.9

  Mean Income                                                    30,990

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                     89

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   10.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     48

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.5





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                    7.4

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           19.9

  Service (%)                                                      13.4

  Farming (%)                                                      21.8

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             16.7

  Labor (%)                                                        20.8





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