Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Chester

Municipality: Penn township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       15,027

Household (median)                                               36,193

Family (median)                                                  42,685

  Married couple families (mean)                                 48,540

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          12,592





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             3.3

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                66.7

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            64.3

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             4.6

  Black                                                             7.1

  Other race                                                       23.7

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 9.8

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            25.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  5.2





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 21

  Elementary or High School                                         361

  College                                                            91



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              24.4

  High school grad (%)                                             75.6

  College grad (%)                                                 20.2





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,127

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           18.0

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 31.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.1

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                10.7

  Mean Income                                                    22,607

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                25.9

  Mean Income                                                    33,728

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            63.4

  Mean Income                                                    54,950

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    513

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.7

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    181

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   21.7

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           25.7

  Service (%)                                                      12.2

  Farming (%)                                                       6.7

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             17.8

  Labor (%)                                                        15.9





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