Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Montgomery

Municipality: Upper Gwynedd township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       21,818

Household (median)                                               56,543

Family (median)                                                  61,870

  Married couple families (mean)                                 72,369

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          34,751





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             0.6

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                30.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                             0.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             1.3

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 1.9

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            28.6

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  0.2





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                445

  Elementary or High School                                       2,117

  College                                                           854



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              12.4

  High school grad (%)                                             87.6

  College grad (%)                                                 47.9





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  6,732

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           31.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 31.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.1

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 6.7

  Mean Income                                                    34,795

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                21.3

  Mean Income                                                    61,368

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            72.0

  Mean Income                                                    75,684

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  3,049

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.4

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                  1,243

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.5





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   40.1

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           34.8

  Service (%)                                                       5.9

  Farming (%)                                                       1.2

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              7.9

  Labor (%)                                                        10.0





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