Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Berks

Municipality: Colebrookdale township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       15,095

Household (median)                                               41,500

Family (median)                                                  43,810

  Married couple families (mean)                                 48,943

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          17,247





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             1.7

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                77.8

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            66.7

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             3.1

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 8.9

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            67.3

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  3.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                140

  Elementary or High School                                         995

  College                                                           146



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              27.3

  High school grad (%)                                             72.7

  College grad (%)                                                 15.3





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  3,025

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           38.6

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 19.3

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.1

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 6.5

  Mean Income                                                    30,410

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                22.8

  Mean Income                                                    37,517

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            70.7

  Mean Income                                                    52,316

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,481

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.8

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    616

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.6





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   19.1

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           27.4

  Service (%)                                                      11.2

  Farming (%)                                                       0.6

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             11.9

  Labor (%)                                                        29.8





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