Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Chester

Municipality: East Pikeland township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       18,898

Household (median)                                               50,079

Family (median)                                                  55,254

  Married couple families (mean)                                 59,581

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          21,939





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             1.5

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                26.9

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                           100.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             1.3

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                       17.1

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 5.8

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            24.1

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  0.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                209

  Elementary or High School                                         916

  College                                                           305



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              12.9

  High school grad (%)                                             87.1

  College grad (%)                                                 40.0





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  3,152

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           24.8

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 34.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.2

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 8.1

  Mean Income                                                    25,044

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                26.5

  Mean Income                                                    45,749

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            65.3

  Mean Income                                                    67,273

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,440

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.8

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    557

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.9





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   33.6

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           34.3

  Service (%)                                                      10.0

  Farming (%)                                                       1.2

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             11.2

  Labor (%)                                                         9.8





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