Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Montgomery

Municipality: Pottstown borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       13,291

Household (median)                                               28,944

Family (median)                                                  33,770

  Married couple families (mean)                                 41,129

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          19,854





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             6.1

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                76.6

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            80.3

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             6.4

  Black                                                            22.5

  Other race                                                       40.5

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                10.7

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            80.8

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 13.0





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                421

  Elementary or High School                                       2,996

  College                                                           899



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              29.1

  High school grad (%)                                             70.9

  College grad (%)                                                 17.1





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                 10,634

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           28.2

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 27.2

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.3

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                13.9

  Mean Income                                                    18,868

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                29.3

  Mean Income                                                    29,393

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            56.8

  Mean Income                                                    45,717

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  5,173

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    5.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                  1,884

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   17.6

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           35.7

  Service (%)                                                      13.1

  Farming (%)                                                       1.1

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             11.5

  Labor (%)                                                        21.1





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