Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Bradford

Municipality: Rome borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,544

Household (median)                                               22,500

Family (median)                                                  23,250

  Married couple families (mean)                                 31,195

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           9,730





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            18.6

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                80.8

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            42.9

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            21.4

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                15.7

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            23.1

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 33.3





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  0

  Elementary or High School                                          95

  College                                                            10



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              23.5

  High school grad (%)                                             76.5

  College grad (%)                                                 14.6





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    199

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           27.6

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 23.6

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          7.9

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                22.1

  Mean Income                                                    12,293

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                24.3

  Mean Income                                                    18,538

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            53.6

  Mean Income                                                    38,730

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    101

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    8.9

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     45

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   12.6

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           25.1

  Service (%)                                                      13.1

  Farming (%)                                                       1.5

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             14.1

  Labor (%)                                                        33.7





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