Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Montgomery

Municipality: Norristown borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       13,527

Household (median)                                               28,643

Family (median)                                                  35,056

  Married couple families (mean)                                 45,307

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          21,908





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             7.0

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                76.1

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            65.7

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             7.5

  Black                                                            15.3

  Other race                                                       11.5

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                11.5

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            77.2

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 12.4





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                614

  Elementary or High School                                       4,386

  College                                                         1,615



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              32.7

  High school grad (%)                                             67.3

  College grad (%)                                                 16.6





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                 15,384

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           18.8

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 32.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.1

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                10.6

  Mean Income                                                    16,844

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                29.5

  Mean Income                                                    28,881

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            59.9

  Mean Income                                                    49,303

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  7,905

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.8

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                  2,720

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.3





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   19.1

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           39.6

  Service (%)                                                      15.0

  Farming (%)                                                       1.1

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             10.1

  Labor (%)                                                        15.1





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