Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Montgomery

Municipality: Lower Pottsgrove township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       16,206

Household (median)                                               41,127

Family (median)                                                  43,815

  Married couple families (mean)                                 54,470

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          13,337





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             6.1

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                77.8

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            92.4

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             4.9

  Black                                                            54.3

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 7.1

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            60.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  8.4





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                341

  Elementary or High School                                       1,560

  College                                                           424



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              18.8

  High school grad (%)                                             81.2

  College grad (%)                                                 26.5





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  4,516

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           22.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 32.3

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.5

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                10.0

  Mean Income                                                    19,621

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                28.2

  Mean Income                                                    38,342

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            61.8

  Mean Income                                                    60,832

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  2,164

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.7

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    971

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.2





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   29.4

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           35.4

  Service (%)                                                       9.4

  Farming (%)                                                       1.1

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             11.3

  Labor (%)                                                        13.3





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