Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Berks

Municipality: Fleetwood borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       16,034

Household (median)                                               36,347

Family (median)                                                  42,946

  Married couple families (mean)                                 48,096

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          29,247





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             3.5

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                16.2

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                           100.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             3.1

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                10.9

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            44.1

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  0.8





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 77

  Elementary or High School                                         474

  College                                                           125



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              23.2

  High school grad (%)                                             76.8

  College grad (%)                                                 18.2





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,899

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           36.7

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 26.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.3

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                14.0

  Mean Income                                                    27,468

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                20.5

  Mean Income                                                    39,929

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            65.5

  Mean Income                                                    51,777

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    908

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.7

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    388

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.3





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   20.9

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           31.6

  Service (%)                                                       9.1

  Farming (%)                                                       1.4

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             12.7

  Labor (%)                                                        24.3





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