Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Berks

Municipality: Mohnton borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       14,817

Household (median)                                               32,500

Family (median)                                                  39,100

  Married couple families (mean)                                 45,785

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          17,847





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             2.4

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                               100.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            82.4

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             4.2

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 4.1

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                           100.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  7.4





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 64

  Elementary or High School                                         343

  College                                                            86



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              22.4

  High school grad (%)                                             77.6

  College grad (%)                                                 23.1





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,369

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           27.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 29.2

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          1.8

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                10.7

  Mean Income                                                    24,081

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                24.4

  Mean Income                                                    32,235

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            64.9

  Mean Income                                                    49,589

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    666

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.9

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    248

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   21.8

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           34.1

  Service (%)                                                      10.3

  Farming (%)                                                       0.5

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             13.7

  Labor (%)                                                        19.6





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