Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Montgomery

Municipality: Conshohocken borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       13,566

Household (median)                                               29,221

Family (median)                                                  33,750

  Married couple families (mean)                                 40,835

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          21,561





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             5.9

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                59.8

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            43.8

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             6.9

  Black                                                            20.3

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                12.7

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            60.8

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  9.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                114

  Elementary or High School                                       1,112

  College                                                           303



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              35.2

  High school grad (%)                                             64.8

  College grad (%)                                                 15.9





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  3,991

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           20.6

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 30.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.6

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                15.3

  Mean Income                                                    14,746

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                29.9

  Mean Income                                                    28,075

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            54.7

  Mean Income                                                    49,893

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,980

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    5.4

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    631

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.5





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   21.6

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           32.5

  Service (%)                                                      14.0

  Farming (%)                                                       1.2

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             13.0

  Labor (%)                                                        17.6





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