Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Berks

Municipality: Leesport borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       14,286

Household (median)                                               33,214

Family (median)                                                  36,300

  Married couple families (mean)                                 41,965

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          21,787





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             1.6

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                 0.0

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

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             2.9

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                12.1

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            47.8

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  1.4





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 43

  Elementary or High School                                         161

  College                                                            41



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              26.6

  High school grad (%)                                             73.4

  College grad (%)                                                 16.9





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    672

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           32.3

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 22.6

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.2

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                13.2

  Mean Income                                                    17,167

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                23.3

  Mean Income                                                    27,544

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            63.5

  Mean Income                                                    48,735

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    322

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.4

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    130

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.7





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   20.4

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           29.8

  Service (%)                                                      10.9

  Farming (%)                                                       1.8

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             15.3

  Labor (%)                                                        21.9





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