Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Bucks

Municipality: Hilltown township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       17,091

Household (median)                                               44,717

Family (median)                                                  47,748

  Married couple families (mean)                                 55,552

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          26,679





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             2.4

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                83.8

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

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             2.1

  Black                                                            87.0

  Other race                                                       41.7

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 1.2

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

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  5.6





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                207

  Elementary or High School                                       1,809

  College                                                           501



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              16.5

  High school grad (%)                                             83.5

  College grad (%)                                                 28.2





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  5,683

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           26.0

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 26.6

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.0

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 7.8

  Mean Income                                                    25,635

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                21.3

  Mean Income                                                    47,173

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            70.9

  Mean Income                                                    59,130

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  2,621

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.4

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    961

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.3





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   24.6

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           31.7

  Service (%)                                                       9.8

  Farming (%)                                                       1.1

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             15.7

  Labor (%)                                                        17.1





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