Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Montgomery

Municipality: North Wales borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       16,294

Household (median)                                               38,917

Family (median)                                                  44,142

  Married couple families (mean)                                 50,194

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          18,198





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             1.8

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                               100.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            66.7

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             3.8

  Black                                                            15.5

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 4.8

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                           100.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  4.1





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 97

  Elementary or High School                                         607

  College                                                           252



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              11.6

  High school grad (%)                                             88.4

  College grad (%)                                                 29.2





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  2,132

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           29.2

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 26.0

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.8

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 8.9

  Mean Income                                                    20,842

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                24.4

  Mean Income                                                    34,547

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            66.7

  Mean Income                                                    55,026

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,003

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    389

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.1





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   26.4

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           31.1

  Service (%)                                                       7.7

  Farming (%)                                                       1.5

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             14.8

  Labor (%)                                                        18.5





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