Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Montgomery

Municipality: West Conshohocken borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       13,311

Household (median)                                               33,600

Family (median)                                                  36,739

  Married couple families (mean)                                 43,604

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          25,339





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             3.4

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                54.5

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            66.7

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             5.7

  Black                                                            17.4

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 8.4

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            52.9

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  6.8





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 12

  Elementary or High School                                         208

  College                                                           143



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              27.4

  High school grad (%)                                             72.6

  College grad (%)                                                 15.5





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    669

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           24.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 27.7

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.9

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                12.1

  Mean Income                                                    15,446

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                27.6

  Mean Income                                                    29,894

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            60.2

  Mean Income                                                    49,818

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    313

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.2

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     98

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   14.9

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           32.6

  Service (%)                                                      13.9

  Farming (%)                                                       4.6

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             15.2

  Labor (%)                                                        18.7





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