Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Chester

Municipality: Spring City borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       14,685

Household (median)                                               31,034

Family (median)                                                  37,366

  Married couple families (mean)                                 45,403

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          17,874





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             0.0

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                 0.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                             0.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             2.0

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 5.5

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

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  0.0





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 59

  Elementary or High School                                         499

  College                                                           130



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              26.1

  High school grad (%)                                             73.9

  College grad (%)                                                 14.7





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,892

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           27.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 30.3

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.2

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                11.3

  Mean Income                                                    23,766

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                23.6

  Mean Income                                                    31,426

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            65.1

  Mean Income                                                    50,965

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    900

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.3

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    360

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.4





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   18.4

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           28.1

  Service (%)                                                      13.0

  Farming (%)                                                       0.8

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             13.5

  Labor (%)                                                        26.1





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