Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Montgomery

Municipality: Douglass township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       16,636

Household (median)                                               43,221

Family (median)                                                  46,747

  Married couple families (mean)                                 54,318

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          22,366





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             3.2

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                87.7

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            78.9

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             3.8

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 8.1

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            86.8

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  5.0





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                241

  Elementary or High School                                       1,227

  College                                                           289



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              22.9

  High school grad (%)                                             77.1

  College grad (%)                                                 23.3





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  3,900

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           26.6

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 29.8

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.6

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 6.6

  Mean Income                                                    21,911

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                24.0

  Mean Income                                                    37,214

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            69.4

  Mean Income                                                    58,983

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,739

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.8

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    809

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.3





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   23.5

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           31.3

  Service (%)                                                       9.4

  Farming (%)                                                       0.6

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             15.2

  Labor (%)                                                        20.0





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