Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Montgomery

Municipality: Collegeville borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       16,269

Household (median)                                               45,194

Family (median)                                                  51,078

  Married couple families (mean)                                 62,428

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          24,646





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             1.1

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                               100.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                             0.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             2.2

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 2.3

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                           100.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  3.0





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                114

  Elementary or High School                                         560

  College                                                         1,098



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                               9.2

  High school grad (%)                                             90.8

  College grad (%)                                                 41.1





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  2,348

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           15.8

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 41.7

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          1.2

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 6.5

  Mean Income                                                    22,671

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                23.1

  Mean Income                                                    46,447

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            70.4

  Mean Income                                                    68,772

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,163

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.5

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    360

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   36.8

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           35.7

  Service (%)                                                      12.6

  Farming (%)                                                       0.7

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              7.2

  Labor (%)                                                         7.1





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