Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Chester

Municipality: Easttown township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       38,348

Household (median)                                               66,723

Family (median)                                                  79,129

  Married couple families (mean)                                136,851

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          46,701





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             1.4

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                33.3

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

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             3.4

  Black                                                            16.4

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 8.9

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            65.2

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  1.6





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                354

  Elementary or High School                                       1,446

  College                                                           660



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                               8.3

  High school grad (%)                                             91.7

  College grad (%)                                                 59.9





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  4,793

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           15.7

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 37.5

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          1.9

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 7.3

  Mean Income                                                    86,319

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                29.7

  Mean Income                                                   130,212

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            63.0

  Mean Income                                                   129,412

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  2,014

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    640

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.2





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   48.2

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           35.3

  Service (%)                                                       5.2

  Farming (%)                                                       1.4

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              4.1

  Labor (%)                                                         5.9





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