Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Mercer

Municipality: Wilmington township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,177

Household (median)                                               25,560

Family (median)                                                  26,687

  Married couple families (mean)                                 31,990

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          22,960





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            17.6

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                88.9

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                             4.2

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            23.7

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 4.5

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

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 39.1





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 23

  Elementary or High School                                         234

  College                                                            34



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              27.8

  High school grad (%)                                             72.2

  College grad (%)                                                 24.1





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    454

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           19.8

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 33.5

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.6

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                10.1

  Mean Income                                                    19,676

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                34.9

  Mean Income                                                    21,827

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            55.0

  Mean Income                                                    40,087

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    185

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.2

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     81

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   20.7

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           28.2

  Service (%)                                                       8.8

  Farming (%)                                                      13.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             12.8

  Labor (%)                                                        16.5





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