Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Bradford

Municipality: Athens borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,667

Household (median)                                               20,025

Family (median)                                                  27,302

  Married couple families (mean)                                 39,139

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          16,031





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             8.0

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                54.3

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            39.5

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            12.3

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                20.5

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            85.4

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 10.3





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 96

  Elementary or High School                                         604

  College                                                           109



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              26.6

  High school grad (%)                                             73.4

  College grad (%)                                                 21.7





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,405

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           14.9

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 40.5

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.0

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                19.3

  Mean Income                                                    16,988

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                25.7

  Mean Income                                                    26,048

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            55.0

  Mean Income                                                    45,639

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    658

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.7

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    334

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.7





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   22.7

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           30.3

  Service (%)                                                      19.7

  Farming (%)                                                       0.4

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             10.2

  Labor (%)                                                        16.7





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