Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Berks

Municipality: Earl township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       13,807

Household (median)                                               35,837

Family (median)                                                  40,238

  Married couple families (mean)                                 43,137

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                               0





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             0.7

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                 0.0

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

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             2.9

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 9.3

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            56.3

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  0.0





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 33

  Elementary or High School                                         434

  College                                                            61



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              28.7

  High school grad (%)                                             71.3

  College grad (%)                                                 14.4





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,546

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           39.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 19.7

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          1.5

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 9.0

  Mean Income                                                    14,746

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                19.1

  Mean Income                                                    41,514

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            72.0

  Mean Income                                                    45,975

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    692

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    359

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   17.8

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           24.4

  Service (%)                                                       6.1

  Farming (%)                                                       2.4

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             18.4

  Labor (%)                                                        30.9





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