Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Bucks

Municipality: New Britain township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       21,103

Household (median)                                               54,610

Family (median)                                                  57,521

  Married couple families (mean)                                 66,079

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          24,543





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             1.9

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                87.8

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            67.4

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             2.4

  Black                                                             8.4

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 3.4

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            40.7

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  3.3





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                295

  Elementary or High School                                       1,478

  College                                                           649



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                               9.5

  High school grad (%)                                             90.5

  College grad (%)                                                 45.2





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  5,056

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           21.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 32.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.1

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 7.9

  Mean Income                                                    20,192

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                22.9

  Mean Income                                                    55,679

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            69.2

  Mean Income                                                    69,811

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  2,369

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.2

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    798

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   36.2

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           36.2

  Service (%)                                                       8.8

  Farming (%)                                                       0.5

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             10.8

  Labor (%)                                                         7.5





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