Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Berks

Municipality: Douglass township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       14,036

Household (median)                                               40,917

Family (median)                                                  41,602

  Married couple families (mean)                                 49,136

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          18,643





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             3.1

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                51.6

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            50.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             4.7

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 3.7

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            50.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  5.9





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 68

  Elementary or High School                                         811

  College                                                           115



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              30.1

  High school grad (%)                                             69.9

  College grad (%)                                                 18.7





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,922

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           29.3

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 29.7

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.9

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 4.3

  Mean Income                                                    23,208

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                26.4

  Mean Income                                                    33,367

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            69.3

  Mean Income                                                    51,091

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    933

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    320

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   23.3

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           23.3

  Service (%)                                                       9.0

  Farming (%)                                                       2.7

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             21.3

  Labor (%)                                                        20.5





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