Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Bucks

Municipality: Morrisville borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       15,158

Household (median)                                               33,484

Family (median)                                                  39,426

  Married couple families (mean)                                 46,932

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          17,801





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             8.6

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                84.3

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            85.1

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             7.0

  Black                                                            12.0

  Other race                                                       15.3

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 6.9

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            83.3

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 12.8





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                119

  Elementary or High School                                       1,340

  College                                                           589



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              24.4

  High school grad (%)                                             75.6

  College grad (%)                                                 19.8





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  5,219

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           21.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 28.6

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.6

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                11.5

  Mean Income                                                    19,357

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                29.6

  Mean Income                                                    28,445

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            58.9

  Mean Income                                                    51,923

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  2,505

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    7.5

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    990

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.9





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   20.9

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           37.1

  Service (%)                                                       9.6

  Farming (%)                                                       1.8

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             12.3

  Labor (%)                                                        18.2





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