Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Montgomery

Municipality: Worcester township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       22,679

Household (median)                                               47,302

Family (median)                                                  55,000

  Married couple families (mean)                                 75,866

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          34,978





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             2.1

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                29.6

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                             0.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             2.6

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 4.5

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            82.9

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  1.3





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                131

  Elementary or High School                                         662

  College                                                           230



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              12.4

  High school grad (%)                                             87.6

  College grad (%)                                                 42.3





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  2,318

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           24.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 26.0

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.6

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                14.5

  Mean Income                                                    45,370

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                25.0

  Mean Income                                                    53,446

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            60.5

  Mean Income                                                    83,537

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,012

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.5

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    387

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.9





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   36.1

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           32.1

  Service (%)                                                       7.1

  Farming (%)                                                       3.3

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             11.9

  Labor (%)                                                         9.5





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