Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Montgomery

Municipality: East Norriton township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       18,980

Household (median)                                               47,026

Family (median)                                                  52,935

  Married couple families (mean)                                 59,621

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          23,793





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             0.7

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                61.5

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            50.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             1.4

  Black                                                             9.7

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 5.0

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            70.5

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  1.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                301

  Elementary or High School                                       1,694

  College                                                           887



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              16.1

  High school grad (%)                                             83.9

  College grad (%)                                                 33.8





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  7,327

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           20.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 33.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.0

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 9.0

  Mean Income                                                    27,896

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                22.9

  Mean Income                                                    45,522

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            68.1

  Mean Income                                                    64,503

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  3,569

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    950

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   35.1

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           36.9

  Service (%)                                                       9.1

  Farming (%)                                                       0.8

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              9.1

  Labor (%)                                                         9.0





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