Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Montgomery

Municipality: Plymouth township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       20,494

Household (median)                                               44,013

Family (median)                                                  51,056

  Married couple families (mean)                                 61,934

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          30,477





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             1.8

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                78.8

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            54.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             2.4

  Black                                                             6.4

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 3.1

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            56.6

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  4.0





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                298

  Elementary or High School                                       2,074

  College                                                         1,064



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              17.0

  High school grad (%)                                             83.0

  College grad (%)                                                 34.8





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  8,937

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           20.0

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 33.9

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.5

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                10.2

  Mean Income                                                    26,898

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                25.2

  Mean Income                                                    49,367

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            64.6

  Mean Income                                                    68,076

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  4,226

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.9

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                  1,294

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.6





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   35.0

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           36.4

  Service (%)                                                       8.7

  Farming (%)                                                       0.9

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              8.7

  Labor (%)                                                        10.3





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