Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Bucks

Municipality: Bristol borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,911

Household (median)                                               26,265

Family (median)                                                  34,112

  Married couple families (mean)                                 39,158

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          16,250





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             7.2

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                94.6

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            72.2

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             7.9

  Black                                                            34.3

  Other race                                                       22.1

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 8.6

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            63.8

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 16.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                220

  Elementary or High School                                       1,733

  College                                                           467



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              37.8

  High school grad (%)                                             62.2

  College grad (%)                                                 13.3





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  4,751

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           27.9

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 28.7

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          8.3

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                16.5

  Mean Income                                                    15,244

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                24.4

  Mean Income                                                    28,109

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            59.1

  Mean Income                                                    46,387

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  2,516

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    8.3

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    861

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.1





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   18.0

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           31.6

  Service (%)                                                      12.0

  Farming (%)                                                       0.6

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             13.3

  Labor (%)                                                        24.5





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