Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Chester

Municipality: Pennsbury township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       32,026

Household (median)                                               77,054

Family (median)                                                  81,053

  Married couple families (mean)                                 93,966

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          35,088





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             0.4

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                               100.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                           100.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             1.8

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 8.1

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            47.7

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  0.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 78

  Elementary or High School                                         509

  College                                                           171



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                               4.8

  High school grad (%)                                             95.2

  College grad (%)                                                 59.4





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,528

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           21.6

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 29.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          0.4

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                10.3

  Mean Income                                                    86,164

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                23.4

  Mean Income                                                    99,761

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            66.3

  Mean Income                                                    90,919

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    605

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    219

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   46.7

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           31.0

  Service (%)                                                       6.8

  Farming (%)                                                       2.6

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              7.1

  Labor (%)                                                         5.9





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