Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Montgomery

Municipality: Jenkintown borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       22,141

Household (median)                                               40,270

Family (median)                                                  53,066

  Married couple families (mean)                                 68,563

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          33,512





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             1.7

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                65.0

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

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             1.8

  Black                                                            31.7

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 5.7

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            69.2

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  2.2





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 91

  Elementary or High School                                         607

  College                                                           360



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                               7.0

  High school grad (%)                                             93.0

  College grad (%)                                                 49.6





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  2,357

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           10.7

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 44.3

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.6

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                11.5

  Mean Income                                                    36,545

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                31.5

  Mean Income                                                    61,747

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            57.0

  Mean Income                                                    71,220

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,155

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    5.2

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    284

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.3





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   43.7

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           37.5

  Service (%)                                                       6.9

  Farming (%)                                                       0.4

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              6.5

  Labor (%)                                                         5.0





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