Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Bucks

Municipality: Bristol township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       13,267

Household (median)                                               36,245

Family (median)                                                  40,130

  Married couple families (mean)                                 45,650

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          18,897





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             5.4

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                75.9

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            65.3

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             4.9

  Black                                                            25.2

  Other race                                                       15.3

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 6.6

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            38.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  8.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                              1,094

  Elementary or High School                                       9,568

  College                                                         3,190



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              25.6

  High school grad (%)                                             74.4

  College grad (%)                                                 14.6





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                 28,555

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           23.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 27.0

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.5

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 9.2

  Mean Income                                                    17,387

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                29.2

  Mean Income                                                    32,063

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            61.6

  Mean Income                                                    50,872

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                 13,335

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.3

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                  5,246

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.2





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   16.6

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           35.5

  Service (%)                                                      11.5

  Farming (%)                                                       0.7

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             15.0

  Labor (%)                                                        20.7





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