Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Chester

Municipality: East Vincent township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       14,837

Household (median)                                               36,274

Family (median)                                                  42,887

  Married couple families (mean)                                 51,482

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          10,552





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             6.7

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                               100.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            64.5

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             7.2

  Black                                                            37.8

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 7.4

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            89.2

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 13.4





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                112

  Elementary or High School                                         703

  College                                                           197



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              24.2

  High school grad (%)                                             75.8

  College grad (%)                                                 30.4





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,937

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           22.3

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 31.2

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.8

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                12.7

  Mean Income                                                    16,949

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                28.3

  Mean Income                                                    39,867

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            59.1

  Mean Income                                                    58,380

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    885

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    314

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.4





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   26.1

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           33.5

  Service (%)                                                      10.6

  Farming (%)                                                       2.3

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             10.5

  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