Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Berks

Municipality: Longswamp township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       13,727

Household (median)                                               35,884

Family (median)                                                  38,512

  Married couple families (mean)                                 42,129

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          15,620





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             5.4

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                76.8

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            65.1

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             7.8

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 8.5

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            53.5

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 11.1





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                117

  Elementary or High School                                         860

  College                                                           124



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              34.6

  High school grad (%)                                             65.4

  College grad (%)                                                 14.3





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  2,715

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           45.8

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 16.0

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.1

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 9.0

  Mean Income                                                    24,373

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                18.7

  Mean Income                                                    25,884

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            72.3

  Mean Income                                                    46,059

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,197

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    5.3

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    569

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.5





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                    8.3

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           24.2

  Service (%)                                                      11.6

  Farming (%)                                                       4.6

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             19.3

  Labor (%)                                                        32.1





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