Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Montgomery

Municipality: Perkiomen township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       16,693

Household (median)                                               43,325

Family (median)                                                  47,097

  Married couple families (mean)                                 50,601

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          41,005





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             2.2

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                               100.0

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

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             3.3

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 3.6

  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                                                108

  Elementary or High School                                         505

  College                                                           189



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              15.4

  High school grad (%)                                             84.6

  College grad (%)                                                 30.4





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,792

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           20.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 26.9

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.6

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 9.6

  Mean Income                                                    26,993

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                23.0

  Mean Income                                                    42,548

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            67.4

  Mean Income                                                    55,253

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    859

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    288

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   28.9

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           36.0

  Service (%)                                                      11.3

  Farming (%)                                                       0.4

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             17.7

  Labor (%)                                                         5.7





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