Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Montgomery

Municipality: Telford borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       15,312

Household (median)                                               37,708

Family (median)                                                  41,508

  Married couple families (mean)                                 49,666

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          26,988





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             3.9

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                82.1

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            73.9

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             4.2

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                       26.1

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 9.7

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            82.1

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 11.6





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 28

  Elementary or High School                                         410

  College                                                           159



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              28.0

  High school grad (%)                                             72.0

  College grad (%)                                                 17.4





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,440

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           33.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 22.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.1

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                12.3

  Mean Income                                                    17,798

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                20.3

  Mean Income                                                    31,114

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            67.4

  Mean Income                                                    55,686

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    662

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.2

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    224

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.7





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   20.8

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           29.2

  Service (%)                                                       8.8

  Farming (%)                                                       0.8

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             13.7

  Labor (%)                                                        26.7





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