Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Northampton

Municipality: Bath borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       12,261

Household (median)                                               30,366

Family (median)                                                  34,464

  Married couple families (mean)                                 40,296

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          13,723





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             5.2

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                94.1

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            68.8

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             7.0

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 3.4

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            80.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 12.2





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 53

  Elementary or High School                                         441

  College                                                            82



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              31.9

  High school grad (%)                                             68.1

  College grad (%)                                                 13.2





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,179

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           30.7

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 22.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.9

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                10.5

  Mean Income                                                    16,808

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                24.4

  Mean Income                                                    27,427

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            65.1

  Mean Income                                                    44,295

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    552

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    5.4

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    238

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.2





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   16.5

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           29.5

  Service (%)                                                      12.3

  Farming (%)                                                       1.2

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             13.7

  Labor (%)                                                        26.8





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