Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Montgomery

Municipality: West Pottsgrove township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       13,936

Household (median)                                               31,563

Family (median)                                                  38,214

  Married couple families (mean)                                 43,681

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          21,477





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             4.4

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                44.7

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            71.4

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             4.7

  Black                                                             1.3

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 3.0

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            33.3

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  3.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 82

  Elementary or High School                                         622

  College                                                           102



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              33.4

  High school grad (%)                                             66.6

  College grad (%)                                                 11.4





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  2,033

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           34.0

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 24.9

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.3

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                10.1

  Mean Income                                                    17,392

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                30.0

  Mean Income                                                    34,263

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            59.9

  Mean Income                                                    47,837

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    956

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.9

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    378

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   14.5

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           29.1

  Service (%)                                                      14.6

  Farming (%)                                                       1.4

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             13.5

  Labor (%)                                                        27.0





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