Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Berks

Municipality: Lower Heidelberg township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       17,312

Household (median)                                               40,893

Family (median)                                                  45,192

  Married couple families (mean)                                 53,105

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          33,006





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             1.8

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                66.7

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            25.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             3.9

  Black                                                            16.7

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 5.3

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            66.7

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  6.2





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 51

  Elementary or High School                                         307

  College                                                            83



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              22.5

  High school grad (%)                                             77.5

  College grad (%)                                                 27.5





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,160

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           21.6

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 31.6

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.2

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                12.2

  Mean Income                                                    24,280

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                21.4

  Mean Income                                                    40,315

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            66.4

  Mean Income                                                    59,718

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    525

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.9

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    186

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.3





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   27.3

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           29.1

  Service (%)                                                      11.5

  Farming (%)                                                       2.9

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             14.7

  Labor (%)                                                        14.4





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