Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Chester

Municipality: Modena borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,508

Household (median)                                               24,375

Family (median)                                                  22,031

  Married couple families (mean)                                 30,931

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          10,099





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            28.6

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                               100.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            60.5

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            19.0

  Black                                                            55.1

  Other race                                                       33.3

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                42.9

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            40.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 37.0





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 15

  Elementary or High School                                         119

  College                                                             6



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              51.0

  High school grad (%)                                             49.0

  College grad (%)                                                  1.0





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    209

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           39.2

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 23.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          7.1

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                24.1

  Mean Income                                                     9,622

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                34.6

  Mean Income                                                    19,729

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            41.4

  Mean Income                                                    38,863

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                     89

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     40

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                    8.6

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           20.6

  Service (%)                                                      10.5

  Farming (%)                                                       0.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              9.1

  Labor (%)                                                        51.2





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