Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Bradford

Municipality: Ridgebury township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,088

Household (median)                                               22,225

Family (median)                                                  25,082

  Married couple families (mean)                                 31,845

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          10,625





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            11.8

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                75.4

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            40.8

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            14.4

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 8.4

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            76.5

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 17.9





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 24

  Elementary or High School                                         433

  College                                                            48



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              26.3

  High school grad (%)                                             73.7

  College grad (%)                                                 14.3





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    828

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           25.7

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 30.2

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          7.9

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                15.8

  Mean Income                                                    17,645

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                26.7

  Mean Income                                                    21,197

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            57.5

  Mean Income                                                    36,745

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    365

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    7.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    177

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   18.7

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           22.2

  Service (%)                                                      11.1

  Farming (%)                                                       5.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             18.2

  Labor (%)                                                        24.8





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