Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Montgomery

Municipality: Lower Moreland township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       29,971

Household (median)                                               60,925

Family (median)                                                  69,743

  Married couple families (mean)                                104,861

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          31,692





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             1.9

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                53.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            37.1

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             2.2

  Black                                                            80.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 3.6

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            57.1

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  3.2





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                281

  Elementary or High School                                       1,899

  College                                                           961



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                               9.0

  High school grad (%)                                             91.0

  College grad (%)                                                 47.3





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  5,857

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           12.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 40.6

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.7

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                13.1

  Mean Income                                                    39,651

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                26.9

  Mean Income                                                   106,471

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            60.0

  Mean Income                                                   103,947

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  2,586

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.4

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    853

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.4





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   45.8

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           36.6

  Service (%)                                                       6.4

  Farming (%)                                                       0.4

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              5.7

  Labor (%)                                                         5.2





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