Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Montgomery

Municipality: Upper Merion township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       24,325

Household (median)                                               46,574

Family (median)                                                  55,663

  Married couple families (mean)                                 72,067

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          34,265





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             1.5

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                62.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            16.4

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             2.8

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 3.2

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            64.7

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  2.9





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                526

  Elementary or High School                                       3,067

  College                                                         2,240



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              10.4

  High school grad (%)                                             89.6

  College grad (%)                                                 48.2





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                 15,744

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           19.3

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 36.6

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.0

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 7.4

  Mean Income                                                    31,764

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                26.5

  Mean Income                                                    62,255

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            66.2

  Mean Income                                                    76,118

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  7,526

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.3

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                  2,007

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.2





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   41.6

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           37.4

  Service (%)                                                       7.0

  Farming (%)                                                       0.3

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              6.6

  Labor (%)                                                         7.1





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