Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Montgomery

Municipality: Cheltenham township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       25,653

Household (median)                                               47,049

Family (median)                                                  59,633

  Married couple families (mean)                                 84,422

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          35,046





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             2.5

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                54.2

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            41.4

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             3.1

  Black                                                             4.3

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 3.5

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            67.5

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  3.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                772

  Elementary or High School                                       4,688

  College                                                         3,276



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              11.5

  High school grad (%)                                             88.5

  College grad (%)                                                 49.7





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                 18,221

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           11.6

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 47.7

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.5

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                10.8

  Mean Income                                                    39,492

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                26.0

  Mean Income                                                    80,106

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            63.1

  Mean Income                                                    84,630

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  9,043

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                  2,924

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.4





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   48.0

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           34.6

  Service (%)                                                       6.8

  Farming (%)                                                       0.2

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              5.0

  Labor (%)                                                         5.4





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