Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Bucks

Municipality: Northampton township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       22,373

Household (median)                                               59,285

Family (median)                                                  63,019

  Married couple families (mean)                                 77,194

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          42,287





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             1.0

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                77.8

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            37.7

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             1.5

  Black                                                             5.4

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 3.3

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            65.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  1.9





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                              1,006

  Elementary or High School                                       7,294

  College                                                         2,772



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                               8.7

  High school grad (%)                                             91.3

  College grad (%)                                                 45.1





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                 18,801

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           16.0

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 33.9

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.8

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 4.1

  Mean Income                                                    31,994

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                24.8

  Mean Income                                                    63,447

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            71.0

  Mean Income                                                    81,390

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  8,493

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.6

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                  3,322

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.6





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   37.9

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           39.5

  Service (%)                                                       7.7

  Farming (%)                                                       1.1

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              8.2

  Labor (%)                                                         5.6





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