Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Montgomery

Municipality: Hatboro borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       16,681

Household (median)                                               35,201

Family (median)                                                  42,432

  Married couple families (mean)                                 52,634

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          19,831





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             1.6

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                78.1

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                           100.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             3.3

  Black                                                            11.4

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 7.4

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            79.6

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  1.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                204

  Elementary or High School                                       1,058

  College                                                           346



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              22.0

  High school grad (%)                                             78.0

  College grad (%)                                                 23.5





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  3,913

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           22.7

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 29.6

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.1

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 8.7

  Mean Income                                                    24,159

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                24.6

  Mean Income                                                    36,229

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            66.8

  Mean Income                                                    57,709

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,927

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.6

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    688

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.7





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   26.5

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           37.4

  Service (%)                                                       8.2

  Farming (%)                                                       1.7

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             14.2

  Labor (%)                                                        12.1





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