Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Bucks

Municipality: Newtown borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       21,132

Household (median)                                               36,553

Family (median)                                                  50,178

  Married couple families (mean)                                 64,668

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          24,321





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             8.6

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                54.8

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            38.2

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             8.6

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                16.2

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            34.1

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  7.0





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 70

  Elementary or High School                                         311

  College                                                           168



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              15.7

  High school grad (%)                                             84.3

  College grad (%)                                                 41.0





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,311

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           12.8

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 46.3

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.2

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                11.8

  Mean Income                                                    21,922

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                24.4

  Mean Income                                                    45,022

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            63.9

  Mean Income                                                    73,341

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    673

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.5

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    217

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.1





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   45.4

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           28.3

  Service (%)                                                      10.6

  Farming (%)                                                       0.7

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              7.7

  Labor (%)                                                         7.3





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