Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Northampton

Municipality: Bangor borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       13,229

Household (median)                                               26,234

Family (median)                                                  30,883

  Married couple families (mean)                                 41,873

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          20,420





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             4.6

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                               100.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            63.1

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             7.4

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 6.0

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                           100.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 11.4





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 75

  Elementary or High School                                         820

  College                                                           140



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              33.4

  High school grad (%)                                             66.6

  College grad (%)                                                 14.3





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  2,470

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           40.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 24.7

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          1.9

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                18.4

  Mean Income                                                    18,080

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                22.9

  Mean Income                                                    34,657

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            58.8

  Mean Income                                                    49,298

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,075

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.2

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    465

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.7





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   14.9

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           21.8

  Service (%)                                                      13.7

  Farming (%)                                                       0.7

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             16.1

  Labor (%)                                                        32.8





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