Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Montgomery

Municipality: Ambler borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       15,778

Household (median)                                               35,730

Family (median)                                                  41,409

  Married couple families (mean)                                 45,318

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          37,088





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             1.6

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                33.3

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                           100.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             2.4

  Black                                                             6.8

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 7.9

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            54.3

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  0.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                156

  Elementary or High School                                         792

  College                                                           458



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              21.0

  High school grad (%)                                             79.0

  College grad (%)                                                 27.7





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  3,564

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           22.9

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 32.9

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.2

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 7.9

  Mean Income                                                    15,296

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                27.6

  Mean Income                                                    32,813

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            64.5

  Mean Income                                                    51,784

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,756

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    457

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.4





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   26.8

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           33.7

  Service (%)                                                      12.1

  Farming (%)                                                       2.8

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              9.8

  Labor (%)                                                        14.7





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