Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Chester

Municipality: West Brandywine township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       16,627

Household (median)                                               47,889

Family (median)                                                  51,160

  Married couple families (mean)                                 56,590

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          22,996





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             2.0

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                82.4

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            57.1

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             3.6

  Black                                                             7.5

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 4.5

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

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  3.9





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                185

  Elementary or High School                                       1,053

  College                                                           213



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              15.7

  High school grad (%)                                             84.3

  College grad (%)                                                 30.5





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  3,179

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           21.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 27.3

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.6

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 5.4

  Mean Income                                                    20,514

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                27.2

  Mean Income                                                    42,595

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            67.4

  Mean Income                                                    61,097

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,423

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.9

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    646

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.7





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   26.8

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           30.5

  Service (%)                                                       9.8

  Farming (%)                                                       2.2

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             12.2

  Labor (%)                                                        18.5





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