Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Chester

Municipality: Downingtown borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       15,196

Household (median)                                               34,002

Family (median)                                                  40,015

  Married couple families (mean)                                 47,365

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          16,880





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             2.4

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                87.5

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            85.7

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             2.0

  Black                                                            12.2

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 5.7

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            82.1

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  3.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                255

  Elementary or High School                                       1,094

  College                                                           351



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              19.8

  High school grad (%)                                             80.2

  College grad (%)                                                 21.6





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  4,286

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           23.4

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 29.6

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.0

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 7.7

  Mean Income                                                    25,198

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                22.4

  Mean Income                                                    30,222

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            69.9

  Mean Income                                                    50,309

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  2,080

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.5

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    688

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   23.5

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           33.7

  Service (%)                                                      13.0

  Farming (%)                                                       1.4

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             12.2

  Labor (%)                                                        16.1





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