Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Bucks

Municipality: Richland township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       14,388

Household (median)                                               36,111

Family (median)                                                  39,829

  Married couple families (mean)                                 44,056

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          26,489





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             2.3

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                37.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            30.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             3.9

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 7.0

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            57.5

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  2.8





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                228

  Elementary or High School                                       1,255

  College                                                           368



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              27.4

  High school grad (%)                                             72.6

  College grad (%)                                                 19.9





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  4,378

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           27.9

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 26.7

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.0

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                10.2

  Mean Income                                                    20,696

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                28.0

  Mean Income                                                    38,581

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            61.8

  Mean Income                                                    49,514

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  2,021

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.9

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    704

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.1





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   18.0

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           34.4

  Service (%)                                                      11.4

  Farming (%)                                                       1.3

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             15.4

  Labor (%)                                                        19.5





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