Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Bradford

Municipality: Athens township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       13,449

Household (median)                                               26,380

Family (median)                                                  31,699

  Married couple families (mean)                                 42,643

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          18,705





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             8.5

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                75.7

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            23.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            11.4

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                18.5

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            72.6

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 11.8





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 95

  Elementary or High School                                         855

  College                                                           118



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              22.7

  High school grad (%)                                             77.3

  College grad (%)                                                 24.1





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  2,153

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           19.9

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 40.9

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          8.1

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                16.4

  Mean Income                                                    15,007

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                22.0

  Mean Income                                                    46,462

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            61.6

  Mean Income                                                    45,772

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,096

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    6.2

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    487

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.9





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   26.2

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           31.3

  Service (%)                                                      13.8

  Farming (%)                                                       2.6

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             10.2

  Labor (%)                                                        16.0





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