Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Bucks

Municipality: Plumstead township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       18,907

Household (median)                                               45,025

Family (median)                                                  48,594

  Married couple families (mean)                                 62,174

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          23,291





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             4.6

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                54.9

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

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             4.7

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 8.9

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            15.1

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  5.1





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                260

  Elementary or High School                                       1,083

  College                                                           376



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              14.8

  High school grad (%)                                             85.2

  College grad (%)                                                 34.5





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  3,181

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           19.4

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 28.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.0

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 9.4

  Mean Income                                                    21,402

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                27.0

  Mean Income                                                    51,856

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            63.6

  Mean Income                                                    68,413

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,364

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.7

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    535

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.2





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   30.9

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           30.6

  Service (%)                                                       7.4

  Farming (%)                                                       1.9

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             15.0

  Labor (%)                                                        14.2





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