Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Chester

Municipality: West Goshen township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       20,589

Household (median)                                               51,265

Family (median)                                                  57,258

  Married couple families (mean)                                 68,317

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          26,928





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             0.9

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                63.8

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

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             1.6

  Black                                                             4.2

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 3.8

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            62.3

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  2.1





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                461

  Elementary or High School                                       2,749

  College                                                         1,344



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              10.4

  High school grad (%)                                             89.6

  College grad (%)                                                 45.2





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                 10,181

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           17.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 36.6

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.2

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 6.3

  Mean Income                                                    29,077

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                22.8

  Mean Income                                                    48,138

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            70.9

  Mean Income                                                    72,915

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  4,808

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                  1,728

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.7





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   42.4

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           32.9

  Service (%)                                                       7.1

  Farming (%)                                                       0.3

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              8.2

  Labor (%)                                                         9.2





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