Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Montgomery

Municipality: Upper Pottsgrove township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       15,437

Household (median)                                               44,640

Family (median)                                                  46,544

  Married couple families (mean)                                 51,717

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          17,519





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             1.2

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                               100.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            45.5

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             2.2

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 5.8

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

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  3.6





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 94

  Elementary or High School                                         533

  College                                                           158



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              22.6

  High school grad (%)                                             77.4

  College grad (%)                                                 25.2





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,698

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           32.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 28.0

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.5

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 7.5

  Mean Income                                                    22,682

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                28.0

  Mean Income                                                    42,431

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            64.5

  Mean Income                                                    54,389

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    768

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.4

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    329

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.1





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   22.5

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           31.7

  Service (%)                                                      13.4

  Farming (%)                                                       0.3

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             12.2

  Labor (%)                                                        19.9





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