Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Bucks

Municipality: Perkasie borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       18,102

Household (median)                                               39,193

Family (median)                                                  45,712

  Married couple families (mean)                                 59,471

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          27,634





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             1.4

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                77.4

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                           100.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             2.2

  Black                                                           100.0

  Other race                                                       42.1

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 7.3

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            71.8

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  2.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                157

  Elementary or High School                                       1,386

  College                                                           340



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              18.9

  High school grad (%)                                             81.1

  College grad (%)                                                 28.4





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  4,057

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           28.0

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 25.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          1.5

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 8.2

  Mean Income                                                   128,034

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                24.8

  Mean Income                                                    42,381

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            66.9

  Mean Income                                                    52,235

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,790

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    674

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.5





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   24.6

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           30.5

  Service (%)                                                       6.7

  Farming (%)                                                       1.5

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             16.9

  Labor (%)                                                        19.7





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