Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Montgomery

Municipality: Whitpain township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       28,788

Household (median)                                               60,952

Family (median)                                                  67,090

  Married couple families (mean)                                 92,912

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          34,297





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             1.4

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                62.1

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            13.9

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             1.6

  Black                                                             4.6

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 1.1

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            66.7

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  2.1





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                561

  Elementary or High School                                       2,286

  College                                                         1,118



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                               6.4

  High school grad (%)                                             93.6

  College grad (%)                                                 55.8





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  8,267

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           20.8

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 38.0

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.1

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 7.0

  Mean Income                                                    40,616

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                25.0

  Mean Income                                                    96,710

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            68.0

  Mean Income                                                    91,216

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  3,881

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.5

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                  1,257

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.4





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   46.6

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           34.4

  Service (%)                                                       7.2

  Farming (%)                                                       0.6

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              6.3

  Labor (%)                                                         4.9





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