Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Chester

Municipality: Westtown township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       23,547

Household (median)                                               65,046

Family (median)                                                  68,400

  Married couple families (mean)                                 78,710

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          39,253





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             0.9

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                48.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            50.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             1.1

  Black                                                            21.8

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 1.9

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            61.5

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  0.6





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                401

  Elementary or High School                                       1,899

  College                                                           658



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                               5.3

  High school grad (%)                                             94.7

  College grad (%)                                                 61.1





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  5,165

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           18.0

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 38.7

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.7

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 4.9

  Mean Income                                                    42,448

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                24.0

  Mean Income                                                    67,319

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

  Mean Income                                                    80,741

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  2,357

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.5

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    907

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.6





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   46.9

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           36.7

  Service (%)                                                       6.2

  Farming (%)                                                       0.6

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              5.9

  Labor (%)                                                         3.7





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