Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Chester

Municipality: Wallace township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       19,326

Household (median)                                               50,142

Family (median)                                                  53,635

  Married couple families (mean)                                 72,032

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          25,600





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                                                             0.7

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 0.0

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                             0.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  0.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 88

  Elementary or High School                                         579

  College                                                            91



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              15.2

  High school grad (%)                                             84.8

  College grad (%)                                                 29.9





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,269

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           21.7

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 24.3

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          1.0

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 4.7

  Mean Income                                                    37,341

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                23.7

  Mean Income                                                    59,553

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            71.5

  Mean Income                                                    73,872

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    550

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    168

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   27.3

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           29.2

  Service (%)                                                       7.8

  Farming (%)                                                       6.4

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             16.0

  Labor (%)                                                        13.4





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