Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Adams

Municipality: Reading township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,984

Household (median)                                               30,758

Family (median)                                                  31,643

  Married couple families (mean)                                 37,138

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          13,829





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             2.6

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                46.4

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                           100.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             3.9

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 8.2

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            42.9

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  1.9





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 35

  Elementary or High School                                         700

  College                                                           127



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              31.7

  High school grad (%)                                             68.3

  College grad (%)                                                 17.6





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,918

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           27.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 17.3

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.8

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 7.2

  Mean Income                                                    14,414

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                28.3

  Mean Income                                                    30,005

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            64.4

  Mean Income                                                    40,980

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    829

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    5.8

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    394

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.9





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   12.9

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           28.8

  Service (%)                                                       8.4

  Farming (%)                                                       5.1

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             10.7

  Labor (%)                                                        34.2





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