Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Adams

Municipality: Berwick township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       13,014

Household (median)                                               31,076

Family (median)                                                  33,831

  Married couple families (mean)                                 42,981

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          33,852





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             5.1

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                68.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            47.1

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             7.5

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                      100.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 7.2

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            69.2

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  8.1





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 31

  Elementary or High School                                         346

  College                                                            57



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              41.8

  High school grad (%)                                             58.2

  College grad (%)                                                 12.3





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    860

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           34.8

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 21.2

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          6.0

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 9.4

  Mean Income                                                    20,866

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                25.1

  Mean Income                                                    38,459

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            65.5

  Mean Income                                                    46,030

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    388

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    7.5

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    168

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.5





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   15.0

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           24.5

  Service (%)                                                      10.3

  Farming (%)                                                       1.5

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             14.7

  Labor (%)                                                        34.0





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