Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Montgomery

Municipality: Lower Frederick township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       16,530

Household (median)                                               43,614

Family (median)                                                  45,516

  Married couple families (mean)                                 53,093

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          32,005





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             4.5

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                93.2

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            14.6

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             5.2

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                      100.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                13.1

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            80.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  7.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 95

  Elementary or High School                                         470

  College                                                           160



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              19.0

  High school grad (%)                                             81.0

  College grad (%)                                                 27.9





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,817

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           27.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 30.2

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.0

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 5.9

  Mean Income                                                    18,047

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                32.9

  Mean Income                                                    43,091

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            61.2

  Mean Income                                                    55,993

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    838

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    312

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.9





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   26.7

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           32.3

  Service (%)                                                       8.0

  Farming (%)                                                       0.7

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             13.6

  Labor (%)                                                        18.8





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