Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Berks

Municipality: Amity township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       15,907

Household (median)                                               41,722

Family (median)                                                  46,073

  Married couple families (mean)                                 50,255

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          16,602





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             1.0

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                               100.0

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

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             2.2

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 5.9

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            75.7

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  2.8





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                167

  Elementary or High School                                       1,096

  College                                                           298



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              23.7

  High school grad (%)                                             76.3

  College grad (%)                                                 22.6





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  3,547

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           28.6

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 21.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.1

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 9.1

  Mean Income                                                    21,232

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                21.4

  Mean Income                                                    35,067

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            69.6

  Mean Income                                                    55,271

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,642

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.3

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    637

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.4





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   20.6

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           30.4

  Service (%)                                                      11.2

  Farming (%)                                                       2.7

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             16.8

  Labor (%)                                                        18.4





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