Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Montgomery

Municipality: Lower Salford township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       17,355

Household (median)                                               45,262

Family (median)                                                  49,820

  Married couple families (mean)                                 59,223

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          15,675





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             3.1

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                68.2

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            80.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             3.1

  Black                                                            38.2

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 9.0

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            61.3

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  3.2





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                385

  Elementary or High School                                       1,700

  College                                                           549



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              17.8

  High school grad (%)                                             82.2

  College grad (%)                                                 33.7





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  5,761

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           28.9

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 27.5

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.0

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 4.6

  Mean Income                                                    19,060

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                24.1

  Mean Income                                                    41,390

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            71.3

  Mean Income                                                    63,377

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  2,602

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.7

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                  1,095

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.4





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   29.2

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           33.1

  Service (%)                                                       9.8

  Farming (%)                                                       1.2

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             13.4

  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