Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Wayne

Municipality: Bethany borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       19,994

Household (median)                                               22,083

Family (median)                                                  28,125

  Married couple families (mean)                                 66,421

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





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             2.7

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                 0.0

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

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             2.7

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                10.3

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            33.3

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  0.0





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  0

  Elementary or High School                                          18

  College                                                             7



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              25.9

  High school grad (%)                                             74.1

  College grad (%)                                                 24.7





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                     97

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           13.4

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 30.9

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.0

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                27.0

  Mean Income                                                    20,898

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                25.7

  Mean Income                                                    23,601

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            47.3

  Mean Income                                                    90,205

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                     46

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.3

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     14

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.1





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   30.9

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           35.1

  Service (%)                                                       8.2

  Farming (%)                                                       0.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              9.3

  Labor (%)                                                        16.5





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