Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Montgomery

Municipality: Montgomery township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       21,465

Household (median)                                               52,193

Family (median)                                                  57,406

  Married couple families (mean)                                 64,509

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          27,048





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             0.9

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                54.8

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                           100.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             1.0

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 1.8

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            78.6

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  1.4





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                352

  Elementary or High School                                       1,578

  College                                                           759



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              12.2

  High school grad (%)                                             87.8

  College grad (%)                                                 42.8





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  6,819

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           28.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 27.6

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.8

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 7.5

  Mean Income                                                    29,942

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                24.2

  Mean Income                                                    51,295

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            68.2

  Mean Income                                                    69,119

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  3,284

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.9

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                  1,092

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.1





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   38.2

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           38.0

  Service (%)                                                       6.0

  Farming (%)                                                       0.6

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              8.7

  Labor (%)                                                         8.6





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