Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Berks

Municipality: Albany township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       15,077

Household (median)                                               36,875

Family (median)                                                  39,837

  Married couple families (mean)                                 49,419

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          18,241





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             4.8

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                47.6

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            60.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             5.7

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                14.9

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            41.7

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  5.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 31

  Elementary or High School                                         325

  College                                                            60



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              24.9

  High school grad (%)                                             75.1

  College grad (%)                                                 27.7





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    772

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           24.2

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 31.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.3

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                11.1

  Mean Income                                                    20,573

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                23.1

  Mean Income                                                    40,770

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            65.8

  Mean Income                                                    53,436

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    339

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    5.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    135

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.4





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   24.6

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           24.4

  Service (%)                                                      10.5

  Farming (%)                                                       9.1

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             13.5

  Labor (%)                                                        18.0





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