Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Berks

Municipality: Heidelberg township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       16,686

Household (median)                                               36,250

Family (median)                                                  39,539

  Married couple families (mean)                                 52,950

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          29,898





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             3.3

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                28.6

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

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             5.8

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 9.5

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            27.8

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  9.2





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 14

  Elementary or High School                                         294

  College                                                            78



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              25.6

  High school grad (%)                                             74.4

  College grad (%)                                                 20.1





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    806

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           24.4

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 33.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.4

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 9.5

  Mean Income                                                    37,751

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                23.4

  Mean Income                                                    57,442

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            67.1

  Mean Income                                                    51,754

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    391

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    5.4

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    134

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.1





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   22.8

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           27.2

  Service (%)                                                      10.8

  Farming (%)                                                       6.5

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             11.2

  Labor (%)                                                        21.6





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