Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Bucks

Municipality: Lower Makefield township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       28,853

Household (median)                                               69,904

Family (median)                                                  75,732

  Married couple families (mean)                                 94,102

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          36,452





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             0.9

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                88.2

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            53.3

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             1.9

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 3.8

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                             9.1

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  2.0





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                891

  Elementary or High School                                       4,349

  College                                                         1,735



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                               5.6

  High school grad (%)                                             94.4

  College grad (%)                                                 61.1





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                 13,538

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           17.2

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 36.2

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.0

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 6.2

  Mean Income                                                    38,278

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                23.5

  Mean Income                                                    82,473

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            70.4

  Mean Income                                                    98,534

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  6,087

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.3

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                  2,196

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.7





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   49.8

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           35.0

  Service (%)                                                       5.1

  Farming (%)                                                       0.4

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              5.4

  Labor (%)                                                         4.4





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