Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Montgomery

Municipality: Lower Providence township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       17,513

Household (median)                                               46,071

Family (median)                                                  52,410

  Married couple families (mean)                                 58,415

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          32,086





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             1.5

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                70.3

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            11.5

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             2.6

  Black                                                             2.5

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 4.3

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            54.2

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  3.0





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                423

  Elementary or High School                                       3,085

  College                                                         1,207



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              14.6

  High school grad (%)                                             85.4

  College grad (%)                                                 32.9





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                 10,238

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           21.3

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 30.3

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.1

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 9.0

  Mean Income                                                    23,096

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                20.4

  Mean Income                                                    44,605

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            70.6

  Mean Income                                                    63,871

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  4,647

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.4

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                  1,590

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.7





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   31.0

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           36.5

  Service (%)                                                      10.1

  Farming (%)                                                       0.6

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             12.0

  Labor (%)                                                         9.8





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