Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Montgomery

Municipality: Upper Hanover township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       15,794

Household (median)                                               43,708

Family (median)                                                  47,192

  Married couple families (mean)                                 51,854

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          18,350





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             1.1

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                               100.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                           100.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             1.4

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                       42.9

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 1.2

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

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  3.4





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 87

  Elementary or High School                                         899

  College                                                           156



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              23.0

  High school grad (%)                                             77.0

  College grad (%)                                                 18.7





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  2,486

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           38.4

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 21.2

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.8

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 7.1

  Mean Income                                                    21,505

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                20.1

  Mean Income                                                    42,480

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            72.9

  Mean Income                                                    55,468

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,175

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.3

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    524

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   20.8

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           31.1

  Service (%)                                                      10.7

  Farming (%)                                                       1.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             17.4

  Labor (%)                                                        19.0





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