Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Montgomery

Municipality: Springfield township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       22,208

Household (median)                                               49,203

Family (median)                                                  56,735

  Married couple families (mean)                                 71,691

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          35,684





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             1.2

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                62.9

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            48.7

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             3.4

  Black                                                             4.8

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 9.7

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            20.6

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  1.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                471

  Elementary or High School                                       2,607

  College                                                         1,122



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              13.5

  High school grad (%)                                             86.5

  College grad (%)                                                 45.9





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  9,282

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           13.2

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 42.2

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.4

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                12.6

  Mean Income                                                    33,505

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                27.4

  Mean Income                                                    67,328

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            60.0

  Mean Income                                                    76,381

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  4,379

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.7

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                  1,606

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.5





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   42.5

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           35.5

  Service (%)                                                       6.8

  Farming (%)                                                       1.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              7.7

  Labor (%)                                                         6.5





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