East Greenville, Pennsylvania

Geobox Borough
name = Borough of East Greenville
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country = United States
state = Pennsylvania
region = Montgomery
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population = 3103
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map_caption = Location of East Greenville in Montgomery County
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East Greenville is a borough in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 3,103 at the 2000 census.

It is part of the Upper Perkiomen School District.

Geography

East Greenville is located at coor dms|40|24|20|N|75|30|15|W|city (40.405626, -75.504144)GR|1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 0.5 square miles (1.3 km²), all of it land.

Demographics

As of the censusGR|2 of 2000, there were 3,103 people, 1,124 households, and 805 families residing in the borough. The population density was 5,978.9 people per square mile (2,304.0/km²). There were 1,173 housing units at an average density of 2,260.1/sq mi (871.0/km²). The racial makeup of the borough was 96.78% White, 0.90% African American, 0.13% Native American, 0.52% Asian, 0.90% from other races, and 0.77% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.64% of the population.

There were 1,124 households out of which 43.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.4% were married couples living together, 13.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.3% were non-families. 22.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.76 and the average family size was 3.24.

In the borough the population was spread out with 31.4% under the age of 18, 7.6% from 18 to 24, 36.5% from 25 to 44, 16.6% from 45 to 64, and 7.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females there were 94.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.2 males.

The median income for a household in the borough was $46,875, and the median income for a family was $48,824. Males had a median income of $35,525 versus $29,358 for females. The per capita income for the borough was $19,066. About 3.6% of families and 5.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 5.8% of those under age 18 and 5.0% of those age 65 or over.

Politics and government

East Greenville has a city manager form of government with a mayor and borough council.

The borough is part of the Fifteenth Congressional District (represented by Rep. Charlie Dent), Pennsylvania's 147th Representative District (represented by Rep. Bob Mensch) and the 24th State Senate District (represented by Sen. Robert Wonderling). Ryan Sloyer is currently the mayor.

References

External links

* [http://www.montcopa.org/commerce/egreen.htm Borough Info Sheet]