Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Washington

Municipality: East Bethlehem township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        8,867

Household (median)                                               18,819

Family (median)                                                  23,222

  Married couple families (mean)                                 27,855

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          14,258





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            19.3

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                73.2

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            40.4

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            23.8

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                12.2

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            85.9

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 31.6





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 26

  Elementary or High School                                         536

  College                                                           133



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              33.7

  High school grad (%)                                             66.3

  College grad (%)                                                 12.7





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    783

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           11.4

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 31.5

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         15.4

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                30.7

  Mean Income                                                    18,333

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                34.8

  Mean Income                                                    25,034

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            34.5

  Mean Income                                                    33,492

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    369

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   10.8

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    157

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   15.3

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           26.9

  Service (%)                                                      22.6

  Farming (%)                                                       2.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             20.1

  Labor (%)                                                        13.0





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