Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Bucks

Municipality: Quakertown borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       14,558

Household (median)                                               31,920

Family (median)                                                  37,270

  Married couple families (mean)                                 45,625

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          20,817





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             3.8

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                91.2

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            43.4

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             6.3

  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 (%)                            70.4

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  7.8





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                201

  Elementary or High School                                       1,365

  College                                                           431



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              25.8

  High school grad (%)                                             74.2

  College grad (%)                                                 21.7





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  4,409

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           31.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 29.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.4

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                11.5

  Mean Income                                                    23,839

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                26.0

  Mean Income                                                    32,028

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            62.5

  Mean Income                                                    49,885

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  2,100

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.9

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    844

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.2





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   17.3

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           31.2

  Service (%)                                                      12.2

  Farming (%)                                                       0.8

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             16.7

  Labor (%)                                                        21.8





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