Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Chester

Municipality: West Caln township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       14,648

Household (median)                                               41,859

Family (median)                                                  45,878

  Married couple families (mean)                                 50,255

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          15,778





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             4.7

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                79.5

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            32.3

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             6.8

  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 (%)                            28.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 11.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                190

  Elementary or High School                                       1,089

  College                                                           285



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              26.0

  High school grad (%)                                             74.0

  College grad (%)                                                 16.6





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  3,240

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           26.8

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 27.9

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.2

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 5.1

  Mean Income                                                    20,460

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                23.8

  Mean Income                                                    35,512

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            71.1

  Mean Income                                                    55,015

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,442

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    6.3

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    612

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   19.5

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           28.5

  Service (%)                                                       9.8

  Farming (%)                                                       5.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             18.5

  Labor (%)                                                        18.8





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