Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Montgomery

Municipality: Lower Gwynedd township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       31,753

Household (median)                                               56,700

Family (median)                                                  74,870

  Married couple families (mean)                                112,010

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          39,536





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             2.3

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                42.1

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            29.2

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             2.5

  Black                                                             6.4

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 4.4

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            41.9

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  3.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                268

  Elementary or High School                                       1,300

  College                                                           752



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                               9.0

  High school grad (%)                                             91.0

  College grad (%)                                                 49.5





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  4,638

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           21.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 37.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.0

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 9.3

  Mean Income                                                    44,129

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                28.2

  Mean Income                                                   114,766

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            62.4

  Mean Income                                                   107,489

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  2,265

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.8

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    661

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.3





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   45.8

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           37.1

  Service (%)                                                       6.3

  Farming (%)                                                       0.3

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              5.6

  Labor (%)                                                         4.9





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