Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Chester

Municipality: East Whiteland township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       21,099

Household (median)                                               49,021

Family (median)                                                  56,518

  Married couple families (mean)                                 73,515

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          25,465





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             3.6

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                81.3

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            23.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             4.1

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                      100.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 4.7

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            23.3

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  8.1





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                175

  Elementary or High School                                       1,180

  College                                                         1,076



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                               8.2

  High school grad (%)                                             91.8

  College grad (%)                                                 51.0





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  4,656

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           20.3

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 38.6

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.4

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 5.3

  Mean Income                                                    25,064

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                25.0

  Mean Income                                                    75,502

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            69.7

  Mean Income                                                    69,411

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  2,344

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.6

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    584

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.5





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   39.5

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           37.1

  Service (%)                                                       9.0

  Farming (%)                                                       0.7

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              7.0

  Labor (%)                                                         6.8





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