Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Montgomery

Municipality: Skippack township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       13,481

Household (median)                                               50,766

Family (median)                                                  55,371

  Married couple families (mean)                                 58,400

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          28,936





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             1.4

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                               100.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            66.7

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             1.9

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 2.1

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

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  3.4





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 75

  Elementary or High School                                         871

  College                                                           583



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              32.1

  High school grad (%)                                             67.9

  College grad (%)                                                 19.2





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  2,605

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           23.6

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 27.3

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.8

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 3.2

  Mean Income                                                    45,508

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                24.6

  Mean Income                                                    40,005

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            72.2

  Mean Income                                                    62,672

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,318

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.5

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    413

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.9





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   31.7

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           35.4

  Service (%)                                                       7.5

  Farming (%)                                                       2.4

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             12.4

  Labor (%)                                                        10.7





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