Category

Jurisdiction

Common Social and Economic Characteristics

Cities

Philadelphia

Reading

• Population has substantially declined from peak levels
• Substantial job loss from earlier peak levels
• Relatively high percentage of population > 65 years
• Average household income below corridor mean
• Relatively high minority population
• Areas of neighborhood decline, abandoned factories and vacant land

Boroughs

See Table 5.3-2 for

Municipalities

• Population slightly declining or stable
• Industrial job sector has declined from previous levels. One borough, Conshohocken, is undergoing substantial increase in service sector jobs
• Average household income generally below corridor mean
• Abandoned and underutilized industrial buildings and properties common
• Fairly stable neighborhoods
• Minority population generally 10 percent or less

Townships

Between Philadelphia

and (including)

Upper Merion

See Table 5.3-2 for

Municipalities

• Population generally stable or slightly growing
• Mean household income substantially above corridor average
• Minority population generally 6 percent or less
• Neighborhoods generally stable
• Relatively small percentage of land (compared to other townships) available for large subdivisions

Townships

Between west of

Upper Merion and

east of Reading

See Table 5.3-2 for

Municipalities

• Population rapidly growing
• Mean household income above corridor average
• Minority population low
• Farmland and other open space area in decline
• Large amounts of land potentially available for commercial and residential subdivisions