Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Berks

Municipality: Hereford township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       13,714

Household (median)                                               34,474

Family (median)                                                  40,026

  Married couple families (mean)                                 42,396

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          19,389





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             4.0

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                 0.0

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

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             4.7

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                12.6

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            47.2

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  0.9





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 62

  Elementary or High School                                         554

  College                                                           116



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              31.2

  High school grad (%)                                             68.8

  College grad (%)                                                 16.5





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,587

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           40.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 20.2

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.8

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                10.4

  Mean Income                                                    15,723

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                26.4

  Mean Income                                                    32,100

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            63.2

  Mean Income                                                    48,912

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    732

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    8.6

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    270

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   14.2

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           24.4

  Service (%)                                                      12.5

  Farming (%)                                                       2.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             18.0

  Labor (%)                                                        28.9





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