Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Montgomery

Municipality: Rockledge borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       14,428

Household (median)                                               32,824

Family (median)                                                  40,478

  Married couple families (mean)                                 44,840

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          41,591





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             0.7

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                 0.0

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

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             3.9

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                11.0

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            75.5

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  0.0





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 79

  Elementary or High School                                         395

  College                                                           217



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              20.8

  High school grad (%)                                             79.2

  College grad (%)                                                 26.4





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,414

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           17.0

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 37.8

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.2

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                11.9

  Mean Income                                                    19,978

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                22.8

  Mean Income                                                    30,089

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            65.3

  Mean Income                                                    52,198

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    689

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.9

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    248

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.4





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   27.6

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           38.1

  Service (%)                                                       8.0

  Farming (%)                                                       0.3

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             11.4

  Labor (%)                                                        14.6





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