Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Chester

Municipality: East Coventry township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       17,079

Household (median)                                               43,396

Family (median)                                                  49,122

  Married couple families (mean)                                 55,123

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          26,913





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             0.5

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                 0.0

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

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             1.5

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 7.7

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            65.1

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  0.0





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 91

  Elementary or High School                                         758

  College                                                           170



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              20.4

  High school grad (%)                                             79.6

  College grad (%)                                                 27.4





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  2,233

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           25.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 26.3

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          1.8

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                10.2

  Mean Income                                                    23,523

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                27.7

  Mean Income                                                    40,718

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            62.0

  Mean Income                                                    63,645

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    955

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.2

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    376

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.4





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   25.1

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           31.7

  Service (%)                                                      11.0

  Farming (%)                                                       3.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             12.2

  Labor (%)                                                        17.0





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