Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Berks

Municipality: Bern township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       15,188

Household (median)                                               40,441

Family (median)                                                  45,143

  Married couple families (mean)                                 52,762

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          20,778





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             2.3

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                71.4

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            72.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             3.1

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 6.6

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            55.3

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  3.3





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                120

  Elementary or High School                                         798

  College                                                           196



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              32.5

  High school grad (%)                                             67.5

  College grad (%)                                                 21.9





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  2,597

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           29.6

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 26.7

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.8

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                11.2

  Mean Income                                                    36,172

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                27.5

  Mean Income                                                    49,005

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            61.2

  Mean Income                                                    54,537

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,119

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.9

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    395

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.3





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   24.9

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           32.1

  Service (%)                                                       9.4

  Farming (%)                                                       0.3

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             16.5

  Labor (%)                                                        16.9





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