Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Bucks

Municipality: New Hope borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       28,334

Household (median)                                               38,024

Family (median)                                                  50,096

  Married couple families (mean)                                 70,132

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          25,566





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             3.3

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                50.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            60.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             5.7

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                       50.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                10.4

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            52.4

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  6.2





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 20

  Elementary or High School                                          77

  College                                                            47



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                               9.5

  High school grad (%)                                             90.5

  College grad (%)                                                 48.3





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    964

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           14.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 30.8

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.9

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                13.0

  Mean Income                                                    34,163

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                30.8

  Mean Income                                                    59,158

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            56.2

  Mean Income                                                    67,061

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    412

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    5.3

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     54

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.2





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   42.3

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           30.0

  Service (%)                                                      11.6

  Farming (%)                                                       0.7

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              9.5

  Labor (%)                                                         5.8





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