Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Chester

Municipality: Valley township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       12,963

Household (median)                                               34,538

Family (median)                                                  37,708

  Married couple families (mean)                                 42,375

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          22,308





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             3.7

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                               100.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            29.3

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             4.9

  Black                                                             9.3

  Other race                                                        9.9

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 2.8

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            53.8

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 12.3





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 53

  Elementary or High School                                         684

  College                                                           126



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              25.0

  High school grad (%)                                             75.0

  College grad (%)                                                 16.7





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,894

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           30.3

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 32.9

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.9

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 8.9

  Mean Income                                                    18,294

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                28.7

  Mean Income                                                    30,020

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            62.4

  Mean Income                                                    47,922

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    912

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    6.8

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    357

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.1





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   19.2

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           28.2

  Service (%)                                                      17.8

  Farming (%)                                                       1.1

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             13.7

  Labor (%)                                                        20.0





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