Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Berks

Municipality: Bernville borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       12,844

Household (median)                                               27,132

Family (median)                                                  31,350

  Married couple families (mean)                                 37,803

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          15,168





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             2.8

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                71.4

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

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             5.8

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                15.8

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                           100.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  4.8





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  8

  Elementary or High School                                          98

  College                                                            35



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              34.1

  High school grad (%)                                             65.9

  College grad (%)                                                 10.7





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    420

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           29.8

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 20.2

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.2

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                13.5

  Mean Income                                                    15,820

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                32.3

  Mean Income                                                    26,277

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            54.2

  Mean Income                                                    44,929

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    215

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    7.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     83

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.1





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   12.9

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           31.2

  Service (%)                                                      12.6

  Farming (%)                                                       1.4

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             17.9

  Labor (%)                                                        24.0





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