Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Berks

Municipality: Caernarvon township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       14,356

Household (median)                                               34,937

Family (median)                                                  37,394

  Married couple families (mean)                                 43,863

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          31,706





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             2.4

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                35.7

   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 (%)                                 5.6

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            53.3

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  2.6





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 23

  Elementary or High School                                         298

  College                                                            59



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              25.7

  High school grad (%)                                             74.3

  College grad (%)                                                 23.7





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,035

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           21.7

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 23.5

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.3

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 9.5

  Mean Income                                                    23,131

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                25.5

  Mean Income                                                    32,713

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            64.9

  Mean Income                                                    49,107

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    478

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.4

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    181

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.1





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   20.7

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           29.5

  Service (%)                                                      10.8

  Farming (%)                                                       4.6

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             16.5

  Labor (%)                                                        17.9





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