Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Chester

Municipality: West Marlborough township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       26,755

Household (median)                                               35,652

Family (median)                                                  42,917

  Married couple families (mean)                                 77,928

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          35,696





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             3.6

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                               100.0

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

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             5.0

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 1.2

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

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  5.3





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 16

  Elementary or High School                                         130

  College                                                            49



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              16.3

  High school grad (%)                                             83.7

  College grad (%)                                                 33.8





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    488

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           11.3

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 32.2

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.4

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 7.3

  Mean Income                                                    18,091

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                31.9

  Mean Income                                                    70,090

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            60.9

  Mean Income                                                    82,262

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    234

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     72

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   28.1

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           20.1

  Service (%)                                                      11.7

  Farming (%)                                                      22.1

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             10.2

  Labor (%)                                                         7.8





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