Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Bradford

Municipality: Troy borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,338

Household (median)                                               20,060

Family (median)                                                  27,050

  Married couple families (mean)                                 33,430

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           9,416





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            11.2

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                89.2

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            54.5

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            14.8

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                15.5

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            64.1

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 17.8





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 31

  Elementary or High School                                         207

  College                                                            49



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              14.5

  High school grad (%)                                             85.5

  College grad (%)                                                 25.7





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    541

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           28.7

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 32.7

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.9

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                19.0

  Mean Income                                                    18,502

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                30.8

  Mean Income                                                    23,920

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            50.2

  Mean Income                                                    37,762

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    270

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    108

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.7





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   28.8

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           28.8

  Service (%)                                                       9.2

  Farming (%)                                                       1.3

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             11.5

  Labor (%)                                                        20.3





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