Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Chester

Municipality: Avondale borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       12,203

Household (median)                                               30,815

Family (median)                                                  32,578

  Married couple families (mean)                                 43,745

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          21,150





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             8.7

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                81.8

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            44.4

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            13.2

  Black                                                             6.1

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                14.7

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            41.2

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 16.3





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  9

  Elementary or High School                                         165

  College                                                            53



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              30.7

  High school grad (%)                                             69.3

  College grad (%)                                                 18.7





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    503

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           20.9

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 29.8

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.5

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 7.9

  Mean Income                                                    11,579

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                30.0

  Mean Income                                                    23,970

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            62.1

  Mean Income                                                    47,172

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    235

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    100

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.5





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   17.1

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           21.7

  Service (%)                                                      21.5

  Farming (%)                                                      10.3

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             13.1

  Labor (%)                                                        16.3





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