Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Montgomery

Municipality: Trappe borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       20,351

Household (median)                                               45,052

Family (median)                                                  47,550

  Married couple families (mean)                                 61,122

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          18,160





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             2.1

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                53.8

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            71.4

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             2.8

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 7.2

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            70.6

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  2.9





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 43

  Elementary or High School                                         242

  College                                                           140



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              13.4

  High school grad (%)                                             86.6

  College grad (%)                                                 35.9





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,203

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           24.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 31.5

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          6.1

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 7.6

  Mean Income                                                    18,938

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                25.8

  Mean Income                                                    36,346

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            66.7

  Mean Income                                                    68,891

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    576

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    7.6

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    171

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.4





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   31.4

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           37.2

  Service (%)                                                       7.6

  Farming (%)                                                       0.8

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             12.6

  Labor (%)                                                        10.2





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