Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Montgomery

Municipality: Limerick township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       17,274

Household (median)                                               40,330

Family (median)                                                  45,039

  Married couple families (mean)                                 53,161

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          28,799





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             1.8

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                51.5

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            35.3

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             2.6

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 5.1

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            57.9

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  3.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                112

  Elementary or High School                                       1,195

  College                                                           438



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              23.6

  High school grad (%)                                             76.4

  College grad (%)                                                 24.9





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  3,640

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           24.0

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 30.2

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.9

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                10.5

  Mean Income                                                    21,670

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                21.5

  Mean Income                                                    35,536

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

  Mean Income                                                    59,880

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,600

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    543

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.3





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   25.1

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           30.1

  Service (%)                                                      11.1

  Farming (%)                                                       3.6

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             14.7

  Labor (%)                                                        15.4





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