Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Montgomery

Municipality: Lansdale borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       16,390

Household (median)                                               34,987

Family (median)                                                  42,222

  Married couple families (mean)                                 50,118

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          27,004





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             2.6

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                84.3

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            53.6

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             4.0

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 7.9

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            82.4

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  5.2





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                309

  Elementary or High School                                       2,348

  College                                                           875



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              23.4

  High school grad (%)                                             76.6

  College grad (%)                                                 25.2





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  9,165

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           35.0

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 23.9

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.3

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                10.4

  Mean Income                                                    27,329

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                21.6

  Mean Income                                                    36,433

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            68.0

  Mean Income                                                    53,142

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  4,457

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.3

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                  1,524

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.5





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   22.9

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           32.6

  Service (%)                                                      10.3

  Farming (%)                                                       0.6

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             13.9

  Labor (%)                                                        19.6





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