Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Berks

Municipality: Brecknock township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       15,582

Household (median)                                               39,422

Family (median)                                                  41,567

  Married couple families (mean)                                 50,149

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          30,524





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             1.7

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                31.6

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                             0.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             3.1

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 4.6

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            86.7

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  1.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 69

  Elementary or High School                                         650

  College                                                           118



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              25.9

  High school grad (%)                                             74.1

  College grad (%)                                                 19.8





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,966

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           25.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 29.7

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.7

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 7.9

  Mean Income                                                    19,204

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                19.2

  Mean Income                                                    36,518

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            72.9

  Mean Income                                                    55,503

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    881

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.6

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    382

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.9





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   21.8

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           24.2

  Service (%)                                                      11.0

  Farming (%)                                                       2.4

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             19.8

  Labor (%)                                                        20.8





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