Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Chester

Municipality: Malvern borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       18,709

Household (median)                                               40,082

Family (median)                                                  47,928

  Married couple families (mean)                                 53,432

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          26,810





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             0.8

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                 0.0

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

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             2.2

  Black                                                             4.7

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 8.5

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            32.4

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  0.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 75

  Elementary or High School                                         329

  College                                                           191



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              15.3

  High school grad (%)                                             84.7

  College grad (%)                                                 42.8





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,818

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           14.7

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 33.8

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.0

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 6.6

  Mean Income                                                    32,182

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                22.4

  Mean Income                                                    54,589

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            71.0

  Mean Income                                                    53,782

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    890

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.9

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    192

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.2





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   38.0

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           36.1

  Service (%)                                                       8.1

  Farming (%)                                                       0.8

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              9.5

  Labor (%)                                                         7.5





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