Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Bucks

Municipality: Langhorne borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       17,845

Household (median)                                               36,000

Family (median)                                                  46,667

  Married couple families (mean)                                 61,470

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          27,238





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             2.0

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                71.4

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            60.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             5.2

  Black                                                             5.6

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 9.6

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            77.8

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  5.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 24

  Elementary or High School                                         177

  College                                                            91



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              16.4

  High school grad (%)                                             83.6

  College grad (%)                                                 32.9





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    739

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           18.9

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 35.3

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          1.9

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 9.0

  Mean Income                                                    25,015

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                26.9

  Mean Income                                                    45,735

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            64.2

  Mean Income                                                    64,385

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    321

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.2

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    119

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.4





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   32.7

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           30.4

  Service (%)                                                       7.6

  Farming (%)                                                       0.4

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             16.4

  Labor (%)                                                        12.4





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