Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Berks

Municipality: Bethel township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,267

Household (median)                                               30,559

Family (median)                                                  33,143

  Married couple families (mean)                                 35,425

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          14,589





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             6.0

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                67.7

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            23.8

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             8.1

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                15.3

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            57.9

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 13.1





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 50

  Elementary or High School                                         675

  College                                                            81



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              35.8

  High school grad (%)                                             64.2

  College grad (%)                                                  8.5





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,927

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           26.8

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 20.2

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.8

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                10.9

  Mean Income                                                    16,145

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                19.3

  Mean Income                                                    27,373

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            69.8

  Mean Income                                                    39,441

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    847

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.8

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    304

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.9





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                    9.4

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           23.0

  Service (%)                                                      14.2

  Farming (%)                                                       6.5

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             20.0

  Labor (%)                                                        26.9





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