Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Bucks

Municipality: Tinicum township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       20,298

Household (median)                                               43,910

Family (median)                                                  46,660

  Married couple families (mean)                                 60,663

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          21,378





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             0.3

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                 0.0

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

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             3.6

  Black                                                           100.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 9.8

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            29.5

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  0.0





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 85

  Elementary or High School                                         614

  College                                                           191



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              18.4

  High school grad (%)                                             81.6

  College grad (%)                                                 27.7





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  2,280

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           19.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 27.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.4

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 7.3

  Mean Income                                                    65,606

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                29.5

  Mean Income                                                    37,411

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            63.2

  Mean Income                                                    66,649

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,052

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.9

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    408

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.4





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   27.9

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           27.0

  Service (%)                                                      11.0

  Farming (%)                                                       3.6

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             17.8

  Labor (%)                                                        12.9





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