Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Beaver

Municipality: Bridgewater borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       17,110

Household (median)                                               22,609

Family (median)                                                  24,779

  Married couple families (mean)                                 68,121

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           9,387





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            12.8

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                81.5

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            81.8

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            16.4

  Black                                                             9.6

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 9.9

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            45.5

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 18.4





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  3

  Elementary or High School                                         123

  College                                                            47



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              26.7

  High school grad (%)                                             73.3

  College grad (%)                                                 17.6





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    339

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           12.7

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 38.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          7.9

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                21.8

  Mean Income                                                    17,918

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                25.6

  Mean Income                                                    36,880

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            52.6

  Mean Income                                                    90,212

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    150

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     59

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   21.5

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           28.6

  Service (%)                                                      20.1

  Farming (%)                                                       0.9

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              8.3

  Labor (%)                                                        20.6





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