Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Bucks

Municipality: New Britain borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       17,909

Household (median)                                               49,145

Family (median)                                                  52,967

  Married couple families (mean)                                 59,325

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          18,631





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             1.8

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                45.5

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                           100.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             2.2

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 8.8

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            43.5

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  1.8





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 48

  Elementary or High School                                         374

  College                                                           207



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              12.8

  High school grad (%)                                             87.2

  College grad (%)                                                 45.4





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,177

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           18.7

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 33.8

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.4

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 8.8

  Mean Income                                                    21,969

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                21.0

  Mean Income                                                    58,150

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            70.1

  Mean Income                                                    60,001

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    558

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    5.6

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    205

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   37.9

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           39.6

  Service (%)                                                       8.3

  Farming (%)                                                       0.9

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              7.0

  Labor (%)                                                         6.3





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