Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Berks

Municipality: Laureldale borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       14,936

Household (median)                                               31,250

Family (median)                                                  37,679

  Married couple families (mean)                                 44,627

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          20,939





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             2.1

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                75.0

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

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             3.3

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 7.2

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            75.9

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  7.4





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 64

  Elementary or High School                                         474

  College                                                           131



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              28.4

  High school grad (%)                                             71.6

  College grad (%)                                                 15.1





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,818

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           30.7

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 23.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.8

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                17.8

  Mean Income                                                    22,537

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                23.7

  Mean Income                                                    32,142

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            58.5

  Mean Income                                                    48,940

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    865

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    325

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.7





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   19.5

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           30.4

  Service (%)                                                      13.0

  Farming (%)                                                       0.3

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             10.7

  Labor (%)                                                        26.1





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