Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Bucks

Municipality: Sellersville borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       14,887

Household (median)                                               37,851

Family (median)                                                  41,322

  Married couple families (mean)                                 45,907

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          21,268





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             4.3

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                79.2

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            50.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             4.0

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 4.1

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            64.3

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  5.2





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                133

  Elementary or High School                                         749

  College                                                           234



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              18.8

  High school grad (%)                                             81.2

  College grad (%)                                                 21.5





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  2,452

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           36.7

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 24.8

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.8

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 6.8

  Mean Income                                                    31,586

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                24.3

  Mean Income                                                    28,604

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            68.9

  Mean Income                                                    49,618

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,191

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.9

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    508

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.3





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   16.3

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           28.3

  Service (%)                                                      10.1

  Farming (%)                                                       1.3

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             16.6

  Labor (%)                                                        27.3





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