Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Montgomery

Municipality: Abington township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       23,617

Household (median)                                               44,090

Family (median)                                                  52,494

  Married couple families (mean)                                 78,739

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          30,610





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             1.9

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                57.5

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            71.7

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             2.6

  Black                                                             9.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 5.7

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            62.2

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  3.8





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                              1,446

  Elementary or High School                                       7,777

  College                                                         3,697



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              15.7

  High school grad (%)                                             84.3

  College grad (%)                                                 38.0





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                 28,492

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           14.8

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 38.8

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.4

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                11.7

  Mean Income                                                    36,815

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                27.0

  Mean Income                                                    70,193

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            61.3

  Mean Income                                                    79,861

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                 13,407

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.9

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                  4,516

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.7





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   36.9

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           35.6

  Service (%)                                                       9.6

  Farming (%)                                                       1.2

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              9.0

  Labor (%)                                                         7.7





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