Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Berks

Municipality: Birdsboro borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       13,898

Household (median)                                               36,061

Family (median)                                                  41,471

  Married couple families (mean)                                 44,446

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          22,397





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             3.2

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                33.3

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

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             3.6

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                10.4

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            43.9

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  2.1





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                143

  Elementary or High School                                         682

  College                                                           174



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              25.3

  High school grad (%)                                             74.7

  College grad (%)                                                 18.4





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  2,172

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           29.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 24.7

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.6

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                10.2

  Mean Income                                                    20,804

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                21.2

  Mean Income                                                    29,608

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            68.6

  Mean Income                                                    50,141

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    970

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    403

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.4





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   21.7

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           33.6

  Service (%)                                                       9.7

  Farming (%)                                                       0.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             14.0

  Labor (%)                                                        21.0





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