Municipal Socio-Economic Profile
County: Montgomery
Municipality: Schwenksville borough
INCOME
Per Capita 14,794
Household (median) 34,828
Family (median) 39,226
Married couple families (mean) 43,227
Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean) 25,671
POVERTY
Families in Poverty (%) 2.9
Families w/children in poverty (%) 80.0
Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%) 0.0
Persons in Poverty (%)
White 5.0
Black 0.0
Other race 0.0
Hispanic 0.0
Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%) 9.9
Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%) 100.0
Children (under 18) in poverty (%) 5.7
EDUCATION
Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school
Pre-primary school 41
Elementary or High School 177
College 44
Total Persons age 25 and over
Less than a High School Diploma (%) 18.2
High school grad (%) 81.8
College grad (%) 24.9
EMPLOYMENT
Employed persons age 16 and over 687
Employed in manufacturing industry (%) 24.9
Employed in service industry (%) 23.0
Unemployment rate - 1989 7.0
Families with no workers - 1989 (%) 8.6
Mean Income 25,031
Families with one worker - 1989 (%) 25.7
Mean Income 30,966
Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%) 65.8
Mean Income 46,819
Females age 16 and over
In labor force 342
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 6.7
Females age 16 and over, with children
In labor force 119
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 0.0
OCCUPATION
Employed persons age 16 and over
Managerial (%) 20.8
Sales and suppport (%) 34.6
Service (%) 11.6
Farming (%) 2.5
Craft and Repair (%) 14.6
Labor (%) 15.9
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