Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Chester

Municipality: East Fallowfield township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       16,474

Household (median)                                               44,310

Family (median)                                                  48,269

  Married couple families (mean)                                 57,543

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          23,185





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             3.5

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                58.1

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            28.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             3.5

  Black                                                            10.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 5.2

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            44.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  5.2





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                126

  Elementary or High School                                         841

  College                                                           192



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              19.7

  High school grad (%)                                             80.3

  College grad (%)                                                 27.7





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  2,304

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           24.7

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 30.9

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.5

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                10.2

  Mean Income                                                    19,391

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                23.9

  Mean Income                                                    59,748

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            65.9

  Mean Income                                                    57,562

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,046

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.6

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    408

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.6





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   23.1

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           33.2

  Service (%)                                                      10.6

  Farming (%)                                                       1.8

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             13.5

  Labor (%)                                                        17.9





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