Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Chester

Municipality: Birmingham township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       35,535

Household (median)                                              102,989

Family (median)                                                 105,820

  Married couple families (mean)                                119,214

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          89,016





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             1.3

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                80.0

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

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             1.2

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 0.0

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                             0.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  1.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 64

  Elementary or High School                                         609

  College                                                           169



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                               3.0

  High school grad (%)                                             97.0

  College grad (%)                                                 69.5





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,286

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           23.0

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 29.3

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.1

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 4.7

  Mean Income                                                    46,475

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                32.1

  Mean Income                                                   118,754

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

  Mean Income                                                   121,371

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    485

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.6

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    221

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.6





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   54.4

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           33.3

  Service (%)                                                       4.8

  Farming (%)                                                       1.7

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              3.1

  Labor (%)                                                         2.6





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