Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Montgomery

Municipality: Royersford borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       13,798

Household (median)                                               31,968

Family (median)                                                  40,982

  Married couple families (mean)                                 42,954

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          21,075





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             1.5

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                               100.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            72.2

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             4.0

  Black                                                            16.9

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 5.3

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                           100.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  2.9





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 51

  Elementary or High School                                         691

  College                                                           162



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              26.5

  High school grad (%)                                             73.5

  College grad (%)                                                 16.7





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  2,335

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           26.6

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 30.5

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.2

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                12.2

  Mean Income                                                    24,278

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                21.0

  Mean Income                                                    31,452

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            66.8

  Mean Income                                                    46,800

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,172

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.4

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    418

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.2





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   21.0

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           28.0

  Service (%)                                                      14.4

  Farming (%)                                                       0.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             14.5

  Labor (%)                                                        22.1





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