Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Snyder

Municipality: Beaver township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       12,755

Household (median)                                               27,500

Family (median)                                                  29,167

  Married couple families (mean)                                 45,017

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                               0





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             4.8

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                57.1

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                             0.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             6.8

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                42.3

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                           100.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  4.8





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  4

  Elementary or High School                                          96

  College                                                            12



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              28.1

  High school grad (%)                                             71.9

  College grad (%)                                                 12.0





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    270

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           36.3

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 12.6

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.2

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 2.1

  Mean Income                                                    20,672

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                28.1

  Mean Income                                                    26,231

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            69.9

  Mean Income                                                    50,546

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    112

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.5

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     40

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.5





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                    7.0

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           17.4

  Service (%)                                                      10.4

  Farming (%)                                                      13.3

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             15.2

  Labor (%)                                                        36.7





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