Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Chester

Municipality: East Brandywine township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       19,576

Household (median)                                               52,266

Family (median)                                                  56,459

  Married couple families (mean)                                 65,434

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          32,870





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             0.4

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                               100.0

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

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             1.0

  Black                                                            12.7

  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 (%)                                  0.9





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                172

  Elementary or High School                                       1,142

  College                                                           328



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                               8.6

  High school grad (%)                                             91.4

  College grad (%)                                                 44.0





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  2,759

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           18.3

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 34.7

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          1.7

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 3.8

  Mean Income                                                    24,816

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                25.1

  Mean Income                                                    63,566

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            71.1

  Mean Income                                                    67,127

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,282

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.3

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    562

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.3





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   38.5

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           34.1

  Service (%)                                                       8.1

  Farming (%)                                                       0.8

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              8.3

  Labor (%)                                                        10.2





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