Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Montgomery

Municipality: Souderton borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       15,749

Household (median)                                               33,969

Family (median)                                                  38,855

  Married couple families (mean)                                 47,460

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          18,039





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             4.6

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                60.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            28.9

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             3.4

  Black                                                           100.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 7.2

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            64.7

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  3.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                152

  Elementary or High School                                         782

  College                                                           283



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              28.7

  High school grad (%)                                             71.3

  College grad (%)                                                 20.4





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  3,176

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           32.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 22.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.7

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                10.5

  Mean Income                                                    17,922

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                21.6

  Mean Income                                                    45,262

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            67.9

  Mean Income                                                    49,514

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,503

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.5

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    555

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   20.2

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           32.1

  Service (%)                                                       9.1

  Farming (%)                                                       1.2

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             16.2

  Labor (%)                                                        21.3





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