Table 5.3-3 Population Demographics

County

Place of Residence

Total Persons

Income

Race

Age

Total House-holds

Mean HH Income

Per Capita

Income

White Non

Hispanic

Black Non

Hispanic

Hispanic

Origin

Other Non

Hispanic

<16

16-20

21-34

35-54

55-74

75+

Philadelphia

Philadelphia City

1,585,577

600,740

$31,208

$12,091

827,703

626,782

84,186

21,191

339,895

115,411

382,092

362,882

282,516

102,781

Montgomery

Bridgeport Borough

4,292

1,816

$34,408

$14,287

4,247

29

16

16

799

230

1,093

921

971

278

Conshohocken Borough

8,064

3,271

$33,196

$13,566

7,459

561

26

26

1,579

413

2,105

1,766

1,685

516

Limerick Township

6,731

2,480

$47,126

$17,274

6,568

23

80

62

1,459

463

1,377

2,036

1,183

213

Lower Merion Township

58,003

22,513

$106,566

$41,707

53,453

2,484

772

563

10,206

4,116

9,761

16,600

12,072

5,248

Lower Pottsgrove Township

8,771

3,076

$45,821

$16,206

8,219

251

108

50

2,189

654

1,979

2,423

1,310

216

Lower Providence Township

19,321

6,636

$50,158

$17,513

17,885

984

127

99

3,904

1,400

5,131

5,385

2,932

569

Narberth Borough

4,278

1,971

$52,396

$24,124

4,190

34

7

7

743

180

1,087

1,213

715

340

Norristown Borough

30,749

12,214

$33,413

$13,527

21,534

7,863

902

335

6,542

1,641

8,243

7,028

5,497

1,798

Plymouth Township

15,950

6,195

$52,198

$20,494

14,781

471

127

114

2,840

802

3,510

4,162

3,840

796

Pottstown Borough

21,831

8,860

$32,482

$13,291

18,705

2,336

633

358

4,661

1,215

5,465

4,432

4,402

1,656

Royersford Borough

4,458

1,856

$33,665

$13,798

4,334

59

24

18

949

268

1,137

1,006

776

322

Springfield Township

19,596

6,990

$60,430

$22,208

18,343

805

243

175

3,532

971

3,179

4,823

4,646

2,445

Upper Merion Township

25,722

10,551

$58,882

$24,325

23,380

918

397

240

4,212

1,380

6,652

7,038

5,536

904

Upper Pottsgrove Township

3,223

1,073

$46,554

$15,437

3,153

46

6

6

851

192

735

855

513

77

Upper Providence Township

9,682

3,297

$48,291

$16,811

9,266

196

65

65

2,053

551

2,289

2,681

1,369

739

West Conshohocken Borough

1,258

464

$35,912

$13,311

1,197

49

12

12

236

98

354

262

245

63

West Norriton Township

15,209

6,297

$49,704

$20,544

14,194

496

124

106

2,579

781

4,534

3,847

2,760

708

West Pottsgrove Township

3,923

1,516

$34,904

$13,936

3,540

300

12

12

841

181

975

946

781

199

Whitemarsh Township

14,819

5,638

$70,490

$26,919

14,195

167

127

103

2,672

704

3,112

4,066

3,317

948

Montgomery Total

275,880

106,714

$48,768

$18,909

248,643

18,072

3,808

2,367

52,847

16,240

62,718

71,490

54,550

18,035

Chester

East Coventry Township

4,450

1,540

$48,403

$17,079

4,373

7

62

60

952

248

830

1,232

843

345

East Pikeland Township

5,825

1,981

$55,082

$18,898

5,734

12

44

10

1,431

315

1,242

1,794

887

156

East Vincent Township

4,161

1,501

$41,791

$14,837

3,894

143

45

24

1,053

239

772

1,171

720

206

North Coventry Township

7,506

2,823

$51,441

$19,224

7,330

24

44

39

1,590

549

1,631

2,186

1,321

229

Phoenixville Borough

15,066

6,287

$35,873

$15,138

13,832

901

223

156

2,851

789

4,517

3,447

2,473

989

Schuylkill Township

5,538

2,009

$65,716

$24,161

5,442

22

44

44

1,172

276

1,027

1,676

1,160

227

Spring City Borough

3,433

1,388

$36,290

$14,685

3,363

44

0

0

755

176

952

843

533

174

Tredyffrin Township

28,071

11,454

$83,265

$34,078

26,225

1,053

126

102

5,035

1,440

6,287

8,725

5,427

1,157

Chester Total

74,050

28,983

$52,233

$19,763

70,193

2,206

588

435

14,839

4,032

17,258

21,074

13,364

3,483

Berks

Amity Township

6,594

2,339

$45,010

$15,907

6,433

78

0

0

1,546

401

1,586

1,960

893

208

Bern Township

6,303

1,892

$46,573

$15,188

5,873

176

248

63

1,015

298

1,238

1,671

1,208

873

Birdsboro Borough

4,222

1,615

$37,287

$13,898

4,169

24

10

10

1,006

259

1,007

1,052

682

216

Cumru Township

13,142

5,444

$46,093

$19,100

12,729

153

70

40

2,305

744

2,574

3,792

2,761

966

Douglass Township

3,706

1,193

$42,708

$14,036

3,220

435

28

19

802

424

780

1,026

604

70

Exeter Township

17,260

6,326

$48,148

$17,828

16,703

282

167

156

3,750

960

3,610

4,869

3,226

845

Kenhorst Borough

2,918

1,263

$32,857

$14,345

2,871

12

5

5

409

155

508

707

866

273

Laureldale Borough

3,726

1,623

$33,889

$14,936

3,699

13

7

7

585

185

698

919

1,010

329

Lower Alsace Township

4,627

1,904

$39,855

$16,563

4,605

0

17

17

766

311

878

1,199

1,106

367

Mohnton Borough

2,484

1,024

$35,752

$14,817

2,422

21

15

15

533

145

590

636

437

143

Mount Penn Borough

2,883

1,261

$31,802

$13,869

2,839

0

44

32

519

143

609

692

639

281

Muhlenberg Township

12,636

5,017

$38,123

$15,366

12,328

6

209

164

2,008

621

2,163

3,135

3,589

1,120

Reading City

78,380

31,299

$27,403

$11,041

56,249

7,248

14,130

5,512

18,020

5,883

18,655

15,849

13,876

6,097

Robeson Township

5,972

2,045

$48,462

$16,830

5,911

20

14

7

1,447

334

1,285

1,740

883

283

St. Lawrence Borough

1,542

602

$38,295

$15,470

1,484

8

29

29

313

96

290

422

311

110

Shillington Borough

5,062

2,210

$35,560

$15,600

5,014

0

35

9

831

234

952

1,198

1,271

576

Sinking Spring Borough

2,467

1,153

$33,722

$18,326

2,433

21

13

13

337

114

515

541

720

240

Spring Township

18,899

7,298

$47,318

$14,943

18,409

101

167

108

3,901

1,018

3,564

5,390

3,919

1,107

Temple Borough

1,491

678

$30,742

$14,084

1,456

0

31

2

226

57

333

338

400

137

Union Township

3,280

1,192

$43,533

$16,010

3,242

15

8

0

724

202

536

1,035

660

123

West Lawn Borough

1,606

706

$33,697

$14,640

1,584

2

13

2

270

85

327

354

379

191

West Reading Borough

4,109

1,692

$32,218

$13,649

3,938

84

67

28

510

299

966

753

824

757

Wyomissing Borough

7,332

3,096

$67,423

$28,801

7,131

21

43

27

1,329

287

1,073

1,852

1,825

966

Wyomissing Hills Borough

2,502

915

$60,055

$21,846

2,358

46

0

0

512

169

305

783

654

79

Berks Total

213,143

83,787

$40,689

$16,129

187,100

8,766

15,370

6,265

43,664

13,424

45,042

51,913

42,743

16,357

Corridor Total

2,148,650

820,224

$45,234

$17,626

1,333,639

655,826

103,952

30,258

451,245

149,107

507,110

507,359

393,173

140,656

Sources:

1990 Census Transportation Planning Package, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, US Department of Transportation

Delaware Valley Data: 1990 Census Income: Data Bulletin No. 44; June 1993

 *Note: There is a slight difference in some municipal 1990 populations between Table 5.3-3 and Table 5.3-2. Bureau of Transportation population data is used for Table 5.3-3 and U. S. Census population data is used for Table 5.3-2.