Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Chester

Municipality: West Bradford township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       17,745

Household (median)                                               54,187

Family (median)                                                  57,020

  Married couple families (mean)                                 62,857

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          41,665





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             0.6

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                29.4

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                           100.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             1.4

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 4.1

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

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  0.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                396

  Elementary or High School                                       2,159

  College                                                           589



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              11.6

  High school grad (%)                                             88.4

  College grad (%)                                                 44.6





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  5,425

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           19.9

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 32.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          1.8

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 4.1

  Mean Income                                                    22,479

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                22.9

  Mean Income                                                    47,695

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            73.0

  Mean Income                                                    67,056

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  2,392

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                  1,123

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   39.1

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           33.7

  Service (%)                                                       7.4

  Farming (%)                                                       1.1

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             10.8

  Labor (%)                                                         7.9





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