Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Montgomery

Municipality: Horsham township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       19,592

Household (median)                                               45,037

Family (median)                                                  50,416

  Married couple families (mean)                                 60,103

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          27,788





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             1.0

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                53.2

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            75.8

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             2.1

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 7.6

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            63.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  1.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                565

  Elementary or High School                                       2,856

  College                                                         1,489



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              10.7

  High school grad (%)                                             89.3

  College grad (%)                                                 38.6





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                 12,671

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           21.3

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 30.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.3

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 5.4

  Mean Income                                                    26,729

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                23.3

  Mean Income                                                    47,197

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            71.2

  Mean Income                                                    64,146

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  5,985

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.8

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                  1,996

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.6





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   32.9

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           38.6

  Service (%)                                                       7.5

  Farming (%)                                                       1.1

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             12.7

  Labor (%)                                                         7.1





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