Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Montgomery

Municipality: Upper Salford township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       20,720

Household (median)                                               47,617

Family (median)                                                  52,382

  Married couple families (mean)                                 71,443

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          13,255





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             1.2

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                               100.0

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

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             1.7

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 5.9

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

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  2.0





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 60

  Elementary or High School                                         459

  College                                                           126



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              20.5

  High school grad (%)                                             79.5

  College grad (%)                                                 28.3





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,443

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           21.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 31.3

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.0

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 4.8

  Mean Income                                                    22,156

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                29.6

  Mean Income                                                    87,715

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            65.6

  Mean Income                                                    64,431

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    641

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    253

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.7





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   32.6

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           28.3

  Service (%)                                                       9.4

  Farming (%)                                                       1.4

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             12.1

  Labor (%)                                                        16.1





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