Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Bucks

Municipality: Bridgeton township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       16,402

Household (median)                                               39,559

Family (median)                                                  43,083

  Married couple families (mean)                                 47,830

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          14,115





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             5.5

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                36.4

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            25.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             6.2

  Black                                                            55.6

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                12.8

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            54.2

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  4.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 21

  Elementary or High School                                         206

  College                                                            53



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              28.2

  High school grad (%)                                             71.8

  College grad (%)                                                 20.6





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    712

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           26.4

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 23.7

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.9

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 8.8

  Mean Income                                                    16,090

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                23.4

  Mean Income                                                    31,266

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            67.8

  Mean Income                                                    53,166

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    322

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.7

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    112

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.4





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   20.1

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           27.8

  Service (%)                                                       9.0

  Farming (%)                                                       1.7

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             20.2

  Labor (%)                                                        21.2





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