Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Montgomery

Municipality: Lower Merion township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       41,707

Household (median)                                               63,197

Family (median)                                                  84,378

  Married couple families (mean)                                144,838

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          50,854





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             1.5

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                50.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            54.8

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             3.4

  Black                                                            10.5

  Other race                                                        7.4

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 5.6

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            62.6

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  1.9





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                              1,631

  Elementary or High School                                       7,789

  College                                                         6,077



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                               7.4

  High school grad (%)                                             92.6

  College grad (%)                                                 62.6





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                 29,725

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                            7.9

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 53.2

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.0

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 9.2

  Mean Income                                                    66,236

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                28.1

  Mean Income                                                   139,667

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            62.7

  Mean Income                                                   139,198

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                 14,555

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.9

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                  4,144

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.4





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   55.0

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           31.5

  Service (%)                                                       7.0

  Farming (%)                                                       0.7

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              2.6

  Labor (%)                                                         3.2





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