Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Adams

Municipality: East Berlin borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       12,581

Household (median)                                               29,583

Family (median)                                                  33,274

  Married couple families (mean)                                 37,283

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           9,636





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             4.4

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                               100.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            80.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             5.8

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 3.6

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                           100.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 11.0





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 33

  Elementary or High School                                         192

  College                                                            32



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              27.3

  High school grad (%)                                             72.7

  College grad (%)                                                 13.0





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    697

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           33.3

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 23.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.7

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 7.9

  Mean Income                                                    16,200

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                19.8

  Mean Income                                                    24,533

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            72.3

  Mean Income                                                    39,595

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    359

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.7

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    149

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.2





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   17.5

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           23.1

  Service (%)                                                      15.4

  Farming (%)                                                       0.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             16.2

  Labor (%)                                                        27.8





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