Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Bucks

Municipality: Lower Southampton township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       17,599

Household (median)                                               42,984

Family (median)                                                  48,418

  Married couple families (mean)                                 56,367

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          25,783





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             2.0

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                67.9

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            23.7

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             2.4

  Black                                                             6.8

  Other race                                                       45.8

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 6.4

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            39.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  4.1





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                469

  Elementary or High School                                       3,117

  College                                                         1,303



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              18.2

  High school grad (%)                                             81.8

  College grad (%)                                                 26.6





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                 10,768

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           19.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 30.8

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.1

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                10.1

  Mean Income                                                    26,524

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                22.8

  Mean Income                                                    45,675

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            67.0

  Mean Income                                                    60,742

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  4,937

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.9

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                  1,838

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   27.6

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           36.8

  Service (%)                                                       7.9

  Farming (%)                                                       1.4

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             14.3

  Labor (%)                                                        12.0





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