Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Bucks

Municipality: Silverdale borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       14,506

Household (median)                                               41,429

Family (median)                                                  42,697

  Married couple families (mean)                                 44,580

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          30,603





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             4.9

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                25.0

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

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             3.8

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                23.4

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            33.3

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  1.1





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 27

  Elementary or High School                                         151

  College                                                            45



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              12.4

  High school grad (%)                                             87.6

  College grad (%)                                                 32.5





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    478

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           24.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 28.0

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.6

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 5.3

  Mean Income                                                    14,680

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                25.1

  Mean Income                                                    33,452

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            69.6

  Mean Income                                                    50,332

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    217

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.6

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     84

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.5





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   27.2

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           30.5

  Service (%)                                                      10.0

  Farming (%)                                                       1.3

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             15.1

  Labor (%)                                                        15.9





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