Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Montgomery

Municipality: Towamencin township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       19,370

Household (median)                                               48,547

Family (median)                                                  57,262

  Married couple families (mean)                                 63,966

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          24,405





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             1.8

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                89.9

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            41.9

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             2.0

  Black                                                            20.1

  Other race                                                       17.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 7.7

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

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  2.9





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                363

  Elementary or High School                                       2,736

  College                                                           898



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              12.4

  High school grad (%)                                             87.6

  College grad (%)                                                 43.1





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  7,655

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           30.3

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 30.7

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.6

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 5.7

  Mean Income                                                    26,661

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                21.8

  Mean Income                                                    44,605

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            72.5

  Mean Income                                                    67,692

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  3,563

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                  1,438

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.6





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   37.8

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           35.5

  Service (%)                                                       7.5

  Farming (%)                                                       0.6

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              8.7

  Labor (%)                                                         9.9





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