Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Bradford

Municipality: Towanda township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,672

Household (median)                                               25,985

Family (median)                                                  28,365

  Married couple families (mean)                                 41,461

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           4,848





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            14.6

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                95.7

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            84.4

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            18.0

  Black                                                           100.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 4.5

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

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 39.8





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 21

  Elementary or High School                                         197

  College                                                            21



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              28.7

  High school grad (%)                                             71.3

  College grad (%)                                                 21.1





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    484

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           30.8

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 29.3

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          9.4

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                19.2

  Mean Income                                                    17,121

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                29.4

  Mean Income                                                    33,865

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            51.4

  Mean Income                                                    41,131

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    224

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   12.9

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     86

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   20.7

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           19.2

  Service (%)                                                      15.7

  Farming (%)                                                       3.5

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             10.5

  Labor (%)                                                        30.4





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