Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Berks

Municipality: Lyons borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       14,331

Household (median)                                               28,152

Family (median)                                                  32,946

  Married couple families (mean)                                 36,239

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          18,740





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             2.8

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                50.0

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

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             3.4

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 8.0

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            57.1

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  2.1





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  5

  Elementary or High School                                          43

  College                                                            10



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              43.4

  High school grad (%)                                             56.6

  College grad (%)                                                  9.6





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    278

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           41.7

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 29.9

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          6.1

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                13.8

  Mean Income                                                    15,065

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                19.3

  Mean Income                                                    21,481

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            66.9

  Mean Income                                                    44,821

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    141

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.5

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     53

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.9





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   12.6

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           20.9

  Service (%)                                                      17.3

  Farming (%)                                                       0.7

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             10.8

  Labor (%)                                                        37.8





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