Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Bucks

Municipality: Wrightstown township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       22,824

Household (median)                                               55,041

Family (median)                                                  58,950

  Married couple families (mean)                                 74,654

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          37,285





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             0.9

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                 0.0

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

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             1.5

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 5.7

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            57.1

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  0.9





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 72

  Elementary or High School                                         376

  College                                                           151



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              11.9

  High school grad (%)                                             88.1

  College grad (%)                                                 43.2





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,312

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           12.8

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 37.7

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.0

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 6.8

  Mean Income                                                    32,654

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                24.1

  Mean Income                                                    66,164

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            69.1

  Mean Income                                                    78,445

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    581

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.6

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    189

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.7





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   38.3

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           28.1

  Service (%)                                                       9.2

  Farming (%)                                                       1.1

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             12.9

  Labor (%)                                                        10.4





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