Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Bucks

Municipality: Bensalem township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       15,964

Household (median)                                               38,488

Family (median)                                                  43,224

  Married couple families (mean)                                 51,328

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          24,942





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             3.8

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                80.6

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            57.4

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             4.8

  Black                                                            12.2

  Other race                                                       22.5

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 9.4

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            64.3

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  6.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                              1,134

  Elementary or High School                                       9,448

  College                                                         3,559



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              20.1

  High school grad (%)                                             79.9

  College grad (%)                                                 28.4





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                 29,891

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           18.7

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 32.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.0

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 7.1

  Mean Income                                                    19,299

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                26.7

  Mean Income                                                    38,542

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            66.2

  Mean Income                                                    55,020

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                 14,126

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    5.2

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                  5,134

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.4





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   28.8

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           35.9

  Service (%)                                                       9.5

  Farming (%)                                                       0.9

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             11.5

  Labor (%)                                                        13.5





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