Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Chester

Municipality: Parkesburg borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       13,230

Household (median)                                               32,231

Family (median)                                                  38,623

  Married couple families (mean)                                 44,549

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          19,837





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             5.5

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                               100.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            84.4

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             9.7

  Black                                                            10.5

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 9.3

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            85.7

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 17.1





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 69

  Elementary or High School                                         518

  College                                                            64



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              21.6

  High school grad (%)                                             78.4

  College grad (%)                                                 18.6





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,435

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           19.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 31.6

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.4

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                10.3

  Mean Income                                                    18,585

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                33.6

  Mean Income                                                    30,124

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            56.1

  Mean Income                                                    51,733

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    672

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    270

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.6





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   19.8

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           35.8

  Service (%)                                                      10.2

  Farming (%)                                                       1.2

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             15.1

  Labor (%)                                                        17.8





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