Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Montgomery

Municipality: Hatfield borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       15,591

Household (median)                                               32,879

Family (median)                                                  40,958

  Married couple families (mean)                                 43,630

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          48,684





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             3.1

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                76.2

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

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             3.3

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 3.9

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            50.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  8.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 64

  Elementary or High School                                         258

  College                                                            94



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              23.7

  High school grad (%)                                             76.3

  College grad (%)                                                 16.2





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,590

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           34.8

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 18.9

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.0

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 8.3

  Mean Income                                                    19,493

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                26.4

  Mean Income                                                    34,386

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            65.3

  Mean Income                                                    48,751

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    804

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.7

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    262

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.7





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   18.1

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           32.1

  Service (%)                                                       8.9

  Farming (%)                                                       0.9

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             18.1

  Labor (%)                                                        21.9





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