Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Montgomery

Municipality: Bridgeport borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       14,287

Household (median)                                               26,291

Family (median)                                                  34,725

  Married couple families (mean)                                 50,442

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          22,796





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             4.3

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                80.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            58.3

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             7.1

  Black                                                            48.3

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 5.6

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            52.3

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 12.6





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 72

  Elementary or High School                                         587

  College                                                           274



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              32.5

  High school grad (%)                                             67.5

  College grad (%)                                                 14.1





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  2,103

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           20.9

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 28.3

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.1

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                11.8

  Mean Income                                                    15,786

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                25.3

  Mean Income                                                    32,373

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            63.0

  Mean Income                                                    55,218

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    994

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.5

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    280

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.4





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   13.6

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           38.1

  Service (%)                                                      15.1

  Farming (%)                                                       1.6

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             14.9

  Labor (%)                                                        16.6





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