Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Bucks

Municipality: Chalfont borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       19,098

Household (median)                                               46,305

Family (median)                                                  51,912

  Married couple families (mean)                                 57,884

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          26,361





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             0.0

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                 0.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                             0.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             2.0

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 2.2

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

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  1.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 58

  Elementary or High School                                         519

  College                                                           205



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              17.0

  High school grad (%)                                             83.0

  College grad (%)                                                 43.6





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,752

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           21.9

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 29.5

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.1

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 7.8

  Mean Income                                                    27,009

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                16.8

  Mean Income                                                    38,463

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            75.4

  Mean Income                                                    66,524

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    807

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    304

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.5





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   31.2

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           38.0

  Service (%)                                                       9.6

  Farming (%)                                                       0.3

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              9.0

  Labor (%)                                                        11.9





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