Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Chester

Municipality: London Grove township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       15,737

Household (median)                                               41,178

Family (median)                                                  43,983

  Married couple families (mean)                                 54,099

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          10,727





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             5.2

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                51.9

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            78.6

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             5.3

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 7.6

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                             0.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  2.8





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 64

  Elementary or High School                                         678

  College                                                           146



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              23.0

  High school grad (%)                                             77.0

  College grad (%)                                                 29.3





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  2,083

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           18.2

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 30.0

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.2

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 9.2

  Mean Income                                                    22,873

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                25.3

  Mean Income                                                    34,629

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            65.4

  Mean Income                                                    59,243

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    891

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.7

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    421

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   26.1

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           28.5

  Service (%)                                                      11.0

  Farming (%)                                                      10.8

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              9.2

  Labor (%)                                                        14.4





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