Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Berks

Municipality: Alsace township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       14,802

Household (median)                                               34,078

Family (median)                                                  37,217

  Married couple families (mean)                                 45,109

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          24,441





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             3.0

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                74.2

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            30.4

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             5.5

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 5.3

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            72.4

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  8.8





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 46

  Elementary or High School                                         545

  College                                                            84



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              32.5

  High school grad (%)                                             67.5

  College grad (%)                                                 14.6





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,806

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           33.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 25.3

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.5

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                11.6

  Mean Income                                                    15,760

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                28.2

  Mean Income                                                    32,645

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            60.1

  Mean Income                                                    53,442

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    759

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    5.3

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    336

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.6





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   17.1

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           28.6

  Service (%)                                                      12.2

  Farming (%)                                                       2.4

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             16.7

  Labor (%)                                                        22.9





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