Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Bucks

Municipality: Falls township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       15,443

Household (median)                                               40,287

Family (median)                                                  44,123

  Married couple families (mean)                                 49,965

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          22,710





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             3.2

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                64.3

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            58.1

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             4.0

  Black                                                             9.5

  Other race                                                        4.6

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 5.2

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            54.9

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  5.1





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                633

  Elementary or High School                                       5,933

  College                                                         1,791



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              17.6

  High school grad (%)                                             82.4

  College grad (%)                                                 20.8





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                 18,437

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           21.2

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 29.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.5

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 8.0

  Mean Income                                                    21,182

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                25.5

  Mean Income                                                    36,260

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            66.5

  Mean Income                                                    54,399

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  8,830

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.8

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                  3,388

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.9





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   21.7

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           37.2

  Service (%)                                                      10.9

  Farming (%)                                                       0.9

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             14.2

  Labor (%)                                                        15.2





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