Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Bradford

Municipality: Sayre borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,249

Household (median)                                               22,980

Family (median)                                                  29,636

  Married couple families (mean)                                 35,634

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          10,009





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             6.9

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                77.1

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            55.6

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            10.0

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                11.4

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            73.4

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 11.0





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                183

  Elementary or High School                                         809

  College                                                           297



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              21.3

  High school grad (%)                                             78.7

  College grad (%)                                                 23.8





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  2,440

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           14.9

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 45.7

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          7.2

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                15.7

  Mean Income                                                    17,999

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                31.0

  Mean Income                                                    25,120

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            53.3

  Mean Income                                                    41,835

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,239

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    8.8

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    431

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.1





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   30.0

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           28.8

  Service (%)                                                      15.2

  Farming (%)                                                       0.5

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             10.0

  Labor (%)                                                        15.5





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