Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Chester

Municipality: London Britain township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       23,857

Household (median)                                               66,424

Family (median)                                                  68,467

  Married couple families (mean)                                 77,146

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          20,610





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             1.6

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                               100.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            41.7

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             2.8

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 4.0

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

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  3.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                113

  Elementary or High School                                         504

  College                                                           158



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                               6.4

  High school grad (%)                                             93.6

  College grad (%)                                                 54.0





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,452

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           21.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 34.9

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.5

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 4.2

  Mean Income                                                    36,119

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                21.4

  Mean Income                                                    62,052

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            74.4

  Mean Income                                                    82,063

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    655

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.8

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    301

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.6





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   46.8

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           29.9

  Service (%)                                                       5.4

  Farming (%)                                                       1.8

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              9.8

  Labor (%)                                                         6.4





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