Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Chester

Municipality: Honey Brook borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       13,899

Household (median)                                               33,884

Family (median)                                                  37,308

  Married couple families (mean)                                 41,444

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          19,993





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             2.4

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                               100.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            75.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             3.5

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 3.6

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                           100.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  6.3





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 14

  Elementary or High School                                         204

  College                                                            33



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              23.5

  High school grad (%)                                             76.5

  College grad (%)                                                 15.5





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    581

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           29.9

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 26.9

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.4

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                10.1

  Mean Income                                                    26,772

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                28.7

  Mean Income                                                    30,291

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            61.3

  Mean Income                                                    45,709

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    269

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.8

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    124

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.7





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   16.7

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           22.4

  Service (%)                                                      15.8

  Farming (%)                                                       2.2

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             19.4

  Labor (%)                                                        23.4





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