Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Berks

Municipality: Centre township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       13,743

Household (median)                                               37,861

Family (median)                                                  39,350

  Married couple families (mean)                                 43,151

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          20,022





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             2.7

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                               100.0

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

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             4.5

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 3.1

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                           100.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  6.9





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 85

  Elementary or High School                                         538

  College                                                           100



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              29.8

  High school grad (%)                                             70.2

  College grad (%)                                                 10.0





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,617

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           37.0

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 14.7

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.6

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                11.0

  Mean Income                                                    15,925

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                21.0

  Mean Income                                                    28,405

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            68.0

  Mean Income                                                    49,811

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    692

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    5.3

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    366

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.5





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   12.5

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           23.9

  Service (%)                                                       8.8

  Farming (%)                                                       4.2

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             21.3

  Labor (%)                                                        29.3





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