Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Chester

Municipality: New London township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       17,782

Household (median)                                               52,397

Family (median)                                                  55,089

  Married couple families (mean)                                 62,935

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          22,010





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             2.7

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                80.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            37.5

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             3.9

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                       12.1

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                11.9

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            43.8

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  5.1





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                108

  Elementary or High School                                         567

  College                                                           160



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              12.6

  High school grad (%)                                             87.4

  College grad (%)                                                 39.8





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,395

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           20.6

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 31.8

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.4

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 3.6

  Mean Income                                                    29,106

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                21.8

  Mean Income                                                    47,169

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            74.6

  Mean Income                                                    65,164

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    598

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.7

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    300

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.1





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   36.9

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           29.7

  Service (%)                                                       7.3

  Farming (%)                                                       3.9

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             12.2

  Labor (%)                                                         9.9





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