Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Chester

Municipality: Highland township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       17,364

Household (median)                                               37,300

Family (median)                                                  43,068

  Married couple families (mean)                                 59,180

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          57,511





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             5.9

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                89.5

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            29.4

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             5.4

  Black                                                            31.7

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                13.6

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            41.7

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 11.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 12

  Elementary or High School                                         220

  College                                                            31



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              27.0

  High school grad (%)                                             73.0

  College grad (%)                                                 25.2





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    561

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           15.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 29.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.6

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 8.6

  Mean Income                                                    16,265

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                28.7

  Mean Income                                                    48,519

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            62.7

  Mean Income                                                    65,269

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    249

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.6

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     98

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   22.6

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           24.2

  Service (%)                                                      12.1

  Farming (%)                                                      11.8

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             15.2

  Labor (%)                                                        14.1





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