Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Mifflin

Municipality: Bratton township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,937

Household (median)                                               23,306

Family (median)                                                  27,179

  Married couple families (mean)                                 33,665

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          13,710





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             5.2

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                95.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            47.4

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            10.5

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                17.5

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            84.4

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 15.0





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 27

  Elementary or High School                                         270

  College                                                            15



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              37.7

  High school grad (%)                                             62.3

  College grad (%)                                                  7.3





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    628

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           33.4

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 20.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.8

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                10.2

  Mean Income                                                    17,297

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                29.0

  Mean Income                                                    22,513

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            60.8

  Mean Income                                                    38,831

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    273

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.8

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    122

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   10.8

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           20.4

  Service (%)                                                      10.4

  Farming (%)                                                       7.8

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             13.5

  Labor (%)                                                        37.1





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