Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Montgomery

Municipality: New Hanover township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       16,651

Household (median)                                               45,734

Family (median)                                                  50,303

  Married couple families (mean)                                 53,395

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          35,988





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             1.2

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                57.1

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                             0.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             1.7

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 4.5

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            41.4

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  1.2





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                134

  Elementary or High School                                       1,130

  College                                                           319



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              19.9

  High school grad (%)                                             80.1

  College grad (%)                                                 27.1





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  3,205

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           26.4

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 28.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.3

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 7.8

  Mean Income                                                    23,247

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                20.3

  Mean Income                                                    40,578

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            71.9

  Mean Income                                                    59,586

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,539

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    574

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.6





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   21.9

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           35.6

  Service (%)                                                       9.9

  Farming (%)                                                       2.2

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             14.5

  Labor (%)                                                        15.9





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