Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Chester

Municipality: South Coventry township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       18,882

Household (median)                                               42,381

Family (median)                                                  49,231

  Married couple families (mean)                                 58,039

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          20,895





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             1.7

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                44.4

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            50.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             3.1

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 4.3

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                           100.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  3.3





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 47

  Elementary or High School                                         244

  College                                                           103



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              19.2

  High school grad (%)                                             80.8

  College grad (%)                                                 33.2





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    914

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           21.3

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 29.5

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          1.8

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 9.7

  Mean Income                                                    20,655

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                29.0

  Mean Income                                                    56,238

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            61.4

  Mean Income                                                    59,732

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    402

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    138

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   27.4

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           33.4

  Service (%)                                                       9.2

  Farming (%)                                                       2.2

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             15.2

  Labor (%)                                                        12.7





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