Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Bucks

Municipality: Newtown township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       23,768

Household (median)                                               59,957

Family (median)                                                  63,025

  Married couple families (mean)                                 72,374

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          26,359





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             0.6

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                               100.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                             0.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             0.8

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 1.8

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                           100.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  0.6





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                563

  Elementary or High School                                       1,948

  College                                                           874



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                               4.9

  High school grad (%)                                             95.1

  College grad (%)                                                 58.5





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  7,888

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           17.6

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 34.8

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          1.8

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 3.1

  Mean Income                                                    40,989

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                21.8

  Mean Income                                                    66,069

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            75.0

  Mean Income                                                    72,912

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  3,746

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.7

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                  1,374

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.6





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   47.2

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           36.6

  Service (%)                                                       5.7

  Farming (%)                                                       0.1

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              5.6

  Labor (%)                                                         4.8





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