Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Wyoming

Municipality: Braintrim township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,834

Household (median)                                               25,625

Family (median)                                                  29,722

  Married couple families (mean)                                 39,593

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           5,136





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            16.7

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                               100.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            73.7

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            19.8

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                21.5

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

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 32.6





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  2

  Elementary or High School                                         109

  College                                                            25



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              25.7

  High school grad (%)                                             74.3

  College grad (%)                                                 10.6





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    211

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           41.7

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 19.0

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          9.2

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 9.6

  Mean Income                                                     9,209

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                39.5

  Mean Income                                                    29,837

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            50.9

  Mean Income                                                    42,899

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                     85

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   12.9

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     33

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.2





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                    8.1

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           30.3

  Service (%)                                                      10.0

  Farming (%)                                                       5.2

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             22.3

  Labor (%)                                                        24.2





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