Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Bucks

Municipality: Buckingham township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       24,751

Household (median)                                               61,024

Family (median)                                                  65,158

  Married couple families (mean)                                 84,759

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          47,840





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             2.5

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                67.7

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            15.9

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             3.1

  Black                                                            13.4

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 3.9

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            24.2

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  4.2





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                247

  Elementary or High School                                       1,834

  College                                                           706



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                               7.5

  High school grad (%)                                             92.5

  College grad (%)                                                 51.6





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  4,932

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           15.7

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 36.6

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.3

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 7.9

  Mean Income                                                    28,520

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                24.0

  Mean Income                                                    86,257

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            68.0

  Mean Income                                                    84,476

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  2,110

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    770

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.9





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   45.1

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           30.0

  Service (%)                                                       8.4

  Farming (%)                                                       2.3

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              8.3

  Labor (%)                                                         6.0





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