Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Montgomery

Municipality: Pennsburg borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       13,261

Household (median)                                               31,729

Family (median)                                                  38,500

  Married couple families (mean)                                 43,364

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          15,997





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             3.6

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                59.1

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            46.2

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             5.6

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                13.3

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            68.8

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  4.9





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 66

  Elementary or High School                                         362

  College                                                            72



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              35.5

  High school grad (%)                                             64.5

  College grad (%)                                                 18.6





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,171

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           31.9

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 26.7

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.9

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                12.6

  Mean Income                                                    18,307

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                19.4

  Mean Income                                                    28,646

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            68.0

  Mean Income                                                    49,542

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    588

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    209

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.3





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   17.0

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           29.2

  Service (%)                                                      10.8

  Farming (%)                                                       0.7

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             12.0

  Labor (%)                                                        30.3





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