Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Berks

Municipality: Hamburg borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       13,697

Household (median)                                               26,270

Family (median)                                                  35,405

  Married couple families (mean)                                 39,557

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          22,716





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             0.6

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                               100.0

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

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             2.5

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 5.0

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                           100.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  2.9





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 49

  Elementary or High School                                         528

  College                                                           150



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              34.2

  High school grad (%)                                             65.8

  College grad (%)                                                 14.1





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  2,032

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           34.7

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 25.8

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.4

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                12.7

  Mean Income                                                    18,035

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                24.2

  Mean Income                                                    34,314

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            63.1

  Mean Income                                                    44,820

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    990

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.8

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    333

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   14.3

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           30.1

  Service (%)                                                      12.5

  Farming (%)                                                       0.5

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             13.4

  Labor (%)                                                        29.2





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