Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Berks

Municipality: Cumru township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       19,100

Household (median)                                               37,161

Family (median)                                                  43,895

  Married couple families (mean)                                 57,681

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          26,736





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             1.2

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                84.1

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            81.1

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             3.6

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                       23.3

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 9.3

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            82.6

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  2.4





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                155

  Elementary or High School                                       1,769

  College                                                           627



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              22.1

  High school grad (%)                                             77.9

  College grad (%)                                                 30.4





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  7,119

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           23.0

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 32.3

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.3

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                11.1

  Mean Income                                                    26,949

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                27.5

  Mean Income                                                    51,595

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            61.3

  Mean Income                                                    60,643

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  3,236

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.7

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                  1,114

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.5





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   31.8

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           31.8

  Service (%)                                                       9.9

  Farming (%)                                                       0.1

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             12.3

  Labor (%)                                                        14.0





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