Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Bradford

Municipality: Towanda borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       14,745

Household (median)                                               22,973

Family (median)                                                  29,547

  Married couple families (mean)                                 52,120

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          12,496





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             6.8

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                79.7

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            53.2

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             8.8

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 2.6

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

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 13.4





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 77

  Elementary or High School                                         518

  College                                                           117



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              20.2

  High school grad (%)                                             79.8

  College grad (%)                                                 26.6





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,346

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           27.9

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 29.5

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          6.5

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                15.9

  Mean Income                                                    13,124

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                33.7

  Mean Income                                                    38,868

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            50.4

  Mean Income                                                    62,156

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    653

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    7.5

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    199

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.7





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   25.3

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           27.5

  Service (%)                                                      15.7

  Farming (%)                                                       1.5

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             11.5

  Labor (%)                                                        18.5





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