Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Chester

Municipality: East Goshen township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       25,260

Household (median)                                               51,830

Family (median)                                                  64,732

  Married couple families (mean)                                 80,656

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          32,822





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             0.7

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                79.3

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            69.6

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             1.2

  Black                                                             4.2

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 2.7

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            89.6

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  0.9





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                358

  Elementary or High School                                       2,323

  College                                                         1,399



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                               5.5

  High school grad (%)                                             94.5

  College grad (%)                                                 55.9





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  8,374

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           15.8

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 37.2

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.5

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                11.3

  Mean Income                                                    48,954

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                25.5

  Mean Income                                                    76,523

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            63.2

  Mean Income                                                    79,625

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  3,898

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                  1,102

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.6





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   43.7

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           36.4

  Service (%)                                                       7.6

  Farming (%)                                                       0.6

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              6.3

  Labor (%)                                                         5.5





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