Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Chester

Municipality: Lower Oxford township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,056

Household (median)                                               38,780

Family (median)                                                  40,901

  Married couple families (mean)                                 44,237

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                               0





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             4.8

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                77.4

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                             0.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             5.6

  Black                                                             5.2

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 9.2

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            72.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  4.9





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 29

  Elementary or High School                                         452

  College                                                         1,010



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              25.5

  High school grad (%)                                             74.5

  College grad (%)                                                 19.5





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,511

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           20.6

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 44.3

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.5

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 8.7

  Mean Income                                                    20,504

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                28.1

  Mean Income                                                    29,730

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            63.3

  Mean Income                                                    51,605

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    738

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.5

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    206

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   24.4

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           34.7

  Service (%)                                                      13.4

  Farming (%)                                                       3.1

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             12.6

  Labor (%)                                                        11.8





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