Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Montgomery

Municipality: Whitemarsh township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       26,919

Household (median)                                               53,075

Family (median)                                                  60,635

  Married couple families (mean)                                 83,329

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          37,797





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             0.6

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                63.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            58.8

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             1.4

  Black                                                             8.4

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 0.6

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            46.2

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  1.4





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                327

  Elementary or High School                                       1,959

  College                                                           939



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              10.6

  High school grad (%)                                             89.4

  College grad (%)                                                 48.1





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  7,972

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           16.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 39.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.5

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 9.4

  Mean Income                                                    41,787

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                25.6

  Mean Income                                                    75,101

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            65.0

  Mean Income                                                    86,280

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  3,792

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.4

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                  1,163

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.3





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   44.7

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           37.0

  Service (%)                                                       6.1

  Farming (%)                                                       1.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              6.9

  Labor (%)                                                         4.3





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