Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Chester

Municipality: Charlestown township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       31,737

Household (median)                                               63,909

Family (median)                                                  74,725

  Married couple families (mean)                                102,227

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          25,358





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             1.9

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                53.8

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                           100.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             2.0

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 3.5

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

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  1.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 38

  Elementary or High School                                         375

  College                                                           616



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                               7.9

  High school grad (%)                                             92.1

  College grad (%)                                                 56.0





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,448

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           19.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 39.7

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.5

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 7.5

  Mean Income                                                    60,912

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                28.0

  Mean Income                                                   109,851

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            64.5

  Mean Income                                                   103,775

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    647

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    5.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    141

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   48.7

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           28.2

  Service (%)                                                       9.4

  Farming (%)                                                       2.2

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              4.7

  Labor (%)                                                         6.8





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