Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Berks

Municipality: Boyertown borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       14,272

Household (median)                                               28,149

Family (median)                                                  36,635

  Married couple families (mean)                                 42,194

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          22,226





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             2.6

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                14.8

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

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             4.2

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                15.0

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            54.2

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  0.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 54

  Elementary or High School                                         487

  College                                                           145



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              30.2

  High school grad (%)                                             69.8

  College grad (%)                                                 13.1





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,903

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           38.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 22.3

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.0

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                14.0

  Mean Income                                                    29,485

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                20.7

  Mean Income                                                    38,833

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            65.4

  Mean Income                                                    43,769

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    970

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.5

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    340

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   17.7

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           24.2

  Service (%)                                                      12.8

  Farming (%)                                                       0.8

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             15.2

  Labor (%)                                                        29.4





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