Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Montgomery

Municipality: Hatfield township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       17,149

Household (median)                                               41,444

Family (median)                                                  46,441

  Married couple families (mean)                                 52,832

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          23,179





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             2.7

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                84.7

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            40.4

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             3.8

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 3.7

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            62.7

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  4.6





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                386

  Elementary or High School                                       2,342

  College                                                           977



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              17.6

  High school grad (%)                                             82.4

  College grad (%)                                                 31.7





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  8,663

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           32.3

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 25.5

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.1

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 7.7

  Mean Income                                                    21,970

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                20.3

  Mean Income                                                    36,497

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            71.9

  Mean Income                                                    57,045

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  4,071

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                  1,494

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.1





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   26.9

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           36.2

  Service (%)                                                       8.4

  Farming (%)                                                       0.8

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             12.1

  Labor (%)                                                        15.7





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