Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Bradford

Municipality: Sheshequin township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,654

Household (median)                                               27,768

Family (median)                                                  31,696

  Married couple families (mean)                                 35,731

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           4,867





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            10.2

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                85.7

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            26.7

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            12.3

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                11.7

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            50.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 19.4





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 21

  Elementary or High School                                         219

  College                                                            20



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              20.6

  High school grad (%)                                             79.4

  College grad (%)                                                 18.4





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    566

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           26.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 20.3

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.4

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                11.4

  Mean Income                                                    16,110

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                28.0

  Mean Income                                                    30,805

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            60.6

  Mean Income                                                    38,877

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    242

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.7

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    108

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.9





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   17.3

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           21.2

  Service (%)                                                      13.1

  Farming (%)                                                      15.2

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             10.1

  Labor (%)                                                        23.1





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