Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Berks

Municipality: Bally borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       14,010

Household (median)                                               32,297

Family (median)                                                  36,250

  Married couple families (mean)                                 43,057

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          23,307





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             1.4

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                 0.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                             0.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             2.5

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                10.8

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            44.4

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  0.0





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 15

  Elementary or High School                                         138

  College                                                            31



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              41.7

  High school grad (%)                                             58.3

  College grad (%)                                                 11.7





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    535

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           49.7

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 14.2

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          1.8

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 8.2

  Mean Income                                                    17,393

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                27.6

  Mean Income                                                    29,852

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            64.2

  Mean Income                                                    48,810

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    260

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.8

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     95

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.5





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   12.9

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           25.2

  Service (%)                                                       9.3

  Farming (%)                                                       0.9

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             16.3

  Labor (%)                                                        35.3





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