Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Chester

Municipality: West Sadsbury township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       12,896

Household (median)                                               38,750

Family (median)                                                  41,000

  Married couple families (mean)                                 47,391

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          22,209





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             4.0

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                56.5

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            15.4

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             4.1

  Black                                                             7.2

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 5.6

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                             0.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  4.3





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 39

  Elementary or High School                                         491

  College                                                            54



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              31.7

  High school grad (%)                                             68.3

  College grad (%)                                                 12.8





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,055

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           24.0

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 20.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.1

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 8.4

  Mean Income                                                    27,758

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                24.1

  Mean Income                                                    33,270

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            67.5

  Mean Income                                                    51,656

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    457

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    7.4

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    235

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.9





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   17.1

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           24.3

  Service (%)                                                      12.3

  Farming (%)                                                       6.7

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             18.0

  Labor (%)                                                        21.6





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