Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Montgomery

Municipality: Salford township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       17,059

Household (median)                                               47,321

Family (median)                                                  49,697

  Married couple families (mean)                                 58,138

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          54,282





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             1.3

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                62.5

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

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             2.1

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 8.9

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            70.6

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  1.9





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 80

  Elementary or High School                                         412

  College                                                           106



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              19.1

  High school grad (%)                                             80.9

  College grad (%)                                                 27.2





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,186

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           28.3

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 27.6

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.2

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 5.9

  Mean Income                                                    28,020

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                21.2

  Mean Income                                                    44,114

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            72.8

  Mean Income                                                    63,361

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    522

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.5

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    208

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.9





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   25.0

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           30.3

  Service (%)                                                       8.5

  Farming (%)                                                       1.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             16.3

  Labor (%)                                                        18.9





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