Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Montgomery

Municipality: Upper Providence township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       16,811

Household (median)                                               45,204

Family (median)                                                  50,244

  Married couple families (mean)                                 55,402

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          27,020





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             0.7

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                               100.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            43.8

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             1.5

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 4.2

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            86.1

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  1.9





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                233

  Elementary or High School                                       1,508

  College                                                           642



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              16.0

  High school grad (%)                                             84.0

  College grad (%)                                                 31.9





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  5,199

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           21.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 30.8

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.5

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 6.5

  Mean Income                                                    30,729

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                23.6

  Mean Income                                                    38,030

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            69.9

  Mean Income                                                    60,427

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  2,483

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.3

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    898

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.1





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   27.9

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           36.5

  Service (%)                                                      10.0

  Farming (%)                                                       1.2

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             12.2

  Labor (%)                                                        12.3





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