Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Bradford

Municipality: Wysox township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       12,592

Household (median)                                               27,000

Family (median)                                                  30,500

  Married couple families (mean)                                 39,166

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           9,654





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            12.0

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                75.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            54.8

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            14.4

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                21.1

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            38.6

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 24.9





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 30

  Elementary or High School                                         295

  College                                                            32



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              18.9

  High school grad (%)                                             81.1

  College grad (%)                                                 20.1





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    829

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           32.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 23.5

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.9

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                13.7

  Mean Income                                                    17,625

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                27.3

  Mean Income                                                    30,364

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            59.0

  Mean Income                                                    42,385

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    395

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    6.8

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    132

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.1





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   16.9

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           26.1

  Service (%)                                                      13.4

  Farming (%)                                                       5.9

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             12.1

  Labor (%)                                                        25.7





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