Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Bradford

Municipality: Asylum township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,288

Household (median)                                               28,333

Family (median)                                                  29,844

  Married couple families (mean)                                 34,641

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                              79





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             7.5

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                33.3

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            57.1

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             9.4

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                20.2

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            40.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  6.2





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 22

  Elementary or High School                                         189

  College                                                            19



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              21.2

  High school grad (%)                                             78.8

  College grad (%)                                                 17.3





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    440

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           30.9

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 27.5

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.6

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                12.5

  Mean Income                                                    12,751

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                28.9

  Mean Income                                                    28,365

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            58.6

  Mean Income                                                    39,434

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    206

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.9

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     81

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   20.5

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           23.9

  Service (%)                                                       9.1

  Farming (%)                                                       7.5

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              9.1

  Labor (%)                                                        30.0





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