Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Berks

Municipality: Muhlenberg township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       15,366

Household (median)                                               32,979

Family (median)                                                  40,209

  Married couple families (mean)                                 46,213

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          23,915





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             3.1

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                58.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            63.8

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             5.5

  Black                                                           100.0

  Other race                                                       58.8

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                10.6

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            45.4

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  6.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                192

  Elementary or High School                                       1,644

  College                                                           521



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              28.1

  High school grad (%)                                             71.9

  College grad (%)                                                 19.1





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  6,173

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           27.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 27.7

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.0

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                18.6

  Mean Income                                                    22,690

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                25.1

  Mean Income                                                    41,859

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            56.3

  Mean Income                                                    51,554

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  2,820

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.7

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    918

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.3





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   21.9

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           35.0

  Service (%)                                                      11.0

  Farming (%)                                                       1.8

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             12.9

  Labor (%)                                                        17.3





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