Municipal Socio-Economic Profile
County: Berks
Municipality: Marion township
INCOME
Per Capita 12,966
Household (median) 33,182
Family (median) 36,458
Married couple families (mean) 45,619
Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean) 22,515
POVERTY
Families in Poverty (%) 7.2
Families w/children in poverty (%) 63.0
Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%) 58.8
Persons in Poverty (%)
White 7.4
Black 0.0
Other race 0.0
Hispanic 0.0
Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%) 8.3
Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%) 30.8
Children (under 18) in poverty (%) 9.8
EDUCATION
Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school
Pre-primary school 17
Elementary or High School 271
College 28
Total Persons age 25 and over
Less than a High School Diploma (%) 41.0
High school grad (%) 59.0
College grad (%) 11.2
EMPLOYMENT
Employed persons age 16 and over 711
Employed in manufacturing industry (%) 29.4
Employed in service industry (%) 22.8
Unemployment rate - 1989 3.4
Families with no workers - 1989 (%) 9.3
Mean Income 19,359
Families with one worker - 1989 (%) 21.8
Mean Income 30,352
Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%) 68.9
Mean Income 52,059
Females age 16 and over
In labor force 315
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 4.4
Females age 16 and over, with children
In labor force 121
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 0.6
OCCUPATION
Employed persons age 16 and over
Managerial (%) 13.2
Sales and suppport (%) 21.5
Service (%) 13.2
Farming (%) 15.3
Craft and Repair (%) 10.0
Labor (%) 26.7
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