Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Susquehanna

Municipality: Bridgewater township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,951

Household (median)                                               28,608

Family (median)                                                  31,667

  Married couple families (mean)                                 38,094

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          14,275





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             4.8

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                76.5

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            50.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             6.5

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 7.6

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            35.7

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  7.1





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 21

  Elementary or High School                                         433

  College                                                            85



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              19.5

  High school grad (%)                                             80.5

  College grad (%)                                                 20.7





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,091

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           24.9

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 27.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.1

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                16.0

  Mean Income                                                    17,628

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                26.8

  Mean Income                                                    24,944

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            57.2

  Mean Income                                                    45,107

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    512

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    223

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.6





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   22.1

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           27.1

  Service (%)                                                      10.6

  Farming (%)                                                       5.1

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             15.6

  Labor (%)                                                        19.4





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