Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Montgomery

Municipality: Upper Moreland township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       19,188

Household (median)                                               39,210

Family (median)                                                  45,850

  Married couple families (mean)                                 58,618

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          25,638





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             1.9

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                55.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            44.4

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             2.6

  Black                                                            10.2

  Other race                                                       60.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 5.3

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            59.6

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  2.8





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                506

  Elementary or High School                                       3,368

  College                                                         1,541



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              14.6

  High school grad (%)                                             85.4

  College grad (%)                                                 31.8





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                 14,040

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           20.0

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 29.3

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.0

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                10.2

  Mean Income                                                    26,547

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                23.4

  Mean Income                                                    42,221

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            66.4

  Mean Income                                                    64,319

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  6,899

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.9

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                  2,063

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.4





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   30.6

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           38.1

  Service (%)                                                       7.7

  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