Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Chester

Municipality: Uwchlan township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       21,815

Household (median)                                               57,483

Family (median)                                                  64,039

  Married couple families (mean)                                 71,881

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          31,097





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             1.2

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                54.5

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            37.5

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             1.4

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 5.4

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            30.3

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  1.9





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                426

  Elementary or High School                                       2,341

  College                                                           880



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                               4.6

  High school grad (%)                                             95.4

  College grad (%)                                                 55.4





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  7,461

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           22.4

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 32.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.1

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 3.3

  Mean Income                                                    36,890

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                22.6

  Mean Income                                                    58,068

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            74.1

  Mean Income                                                    73,589

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  3,498

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.7

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                  1,236

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.9





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   41.4

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           40.0

  Service (%)                                                       7.3

  Farming (%)                                                       0.4

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              4.6

  Labor (%)                                                         6.4





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