Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Bradford

Municipality: Monroe borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       12,381

Household (median)                                               28,897

Family (median)                                                  32,500

  Married couple families (mean)                                 38,815

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           8,836





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            10.8

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                76.5

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            84.6

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            12.7

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 6.3

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                           100.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 24.8





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  6

  Elementary or High School                                          87

  College                                                            12



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              12.0

  High school grad (%)                                             88.0

  College grad (%)                                                 28.2





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    245

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           32.7

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 30.6

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.9

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                13.3

  Mean Income                                                    21,444

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                25.9

  Mean Income                                                    21,341

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            60.8

  Mean Income                                                    43,910

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    127

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.9

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     55

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   22.9

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           29.8

  Service (%)                                                      13.1

  Farming (%)                                                       1.2

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             16.7

  Labor (%)                                                        16.3





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