Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Berks

Municipality: Kenhorst borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       14,345

Household (median)                                               29,763

Family (median)                                                  35,000

  Married couple families (mean)                                 41,421

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          18,791





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             2.7

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                52.0

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

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             4.2

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 5.2

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            80.6

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  7.4





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 43

  Elementary or High School                                         292

  College                                                           105



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              35.1

  High school grad (%)                                             64.9

  College grad (%)                                                 13.8





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,405

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           20.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 33.7

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.8

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                21.5

  Mean Income                                                    19,846

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                25.7

  Mean Income                                                    29,876

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            52.8

  Mean Income                                                    48,791

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    708

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    5.2

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    230

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   25.8

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           29.3

  Service (%)                                                      14.1

  Farming (%)                                                       0.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             10.8

  Labor (%)                                                        20.1





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