Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Warren

Municipality: Bear Lake borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        7,571

Household (median)                                               23,125

Family (median)                                                  25,714

  Married couple families (mean)                                 26,728

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           5,000





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            16.1

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                55.6

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            40.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            15.8

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                      100.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 6.3

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

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 24.2





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  0

  Elementary or High School                                          58

  College                                                             2



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              36.9

  High school grad (%)                                             63.1

  College grad (%)                                                  5.0





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                     77

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           57.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 20.8

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         12.5

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                23.2

  Mean Income                                                    14,186

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                23.2

  Mean Income                                                    22,082

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            53.6

  Mean Income                                                    32,143

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                     41

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   19.5

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     17

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    5.3





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   10.4

  Sales and suppport (%)                                            6.5

  Service (%)                                                      23.4

  Farming (%)                                                       5.2

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              9.1

  Labor (%)                                                        45.5





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