Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Franklin

Municipality: Montgomery township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,828

Household (median)                                               30,313

Family (median)                                                  32,324

  Married couple families (mean)                                 37,675

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          18,948





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             7.7

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                53.5

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                             9.3

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             8.2

  Black                                                            12.9

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                28.1

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            31.5

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  6.2





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 35

  Elementary or High School                                         926

  College                                                            90



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              35.1

  High school grad (%)                                             64.9

  College grad (%)                                                  9.2





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  2,324

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           33.6

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 16.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.2

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 9.6

  Mean Income                                                    16,294

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                21.5

  Mean Income                                                    36,066

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            68.9

  Mean Income                                                    39,302

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    997

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    5.8

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    515

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.1





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   13.1

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           19.2

  Service (%)                                                       9.7

  Farming (%)                                                       9.7

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             18.5

  Labor (%)                                                        29.8





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