Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Berks

Municipality: Mount Penn borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       13,869

Household (median)                                               28,165

Family (median)                                                  36,402

  Married couple families (mean)                                 41,375

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          20,838





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             3.1

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                77.8

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            23.8

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             4.1

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 3.7

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            52.2

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  4.1





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 65

  Elementary or High School                                         393

  College                                                           138



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              24.8

  High school grad (%)                                             75.2

  College grad (%)                                                 26.3





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,489

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           16.3

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 35.2

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          1.6

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                14.2

  Mean Income                                                    20,851

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                28.9

  Mean Income                                                    27,363

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            56.9

  Mean Income                                                    47,099

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    803

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.6

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    307

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.4





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   23.1

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           40.0

  Service (%)                                                      13.8

  Farming (%)                                                       0.3

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              9.1

  Labor (%)                                                        13.7





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