Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Wayne

Municipality: Buckingham township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,147

Household (median)                                               25,000

Family (median)                                                  28,500

  Married couple families (mean)                                 32,807

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          22,981





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            14.7

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                78.6

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            77.3

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            15.1

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                12.2

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            40.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 28.1





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 10

  Elementary or High School                                         141

  College                                                            16



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              28.5

  High school grad (%)                                             71.5

  College grad (%)                                                  9.6





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    282

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           23.4

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 24.8

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.8

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                13.7

  Mean Income                                                    12,804

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                25.3

  Mean Income                                                    21,264

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            61.1

  Mean Income                                                    38,429

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    122

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.3

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     43

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.7





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   14.9

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           22.7

  Service (%)                                                      14.2

  Farming (%)                                                       2.8

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             16.3

  Labor (%)                                                        29.1





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