Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Berks

Municipality: North Heidelberg township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       15,216

Household (median)                                               39,643

Family (median)                                                  42,404

  Married couple families (mean)                                 50,102

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           8,700





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             1.1

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                50.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                             0.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             2.6

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 6.4

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            55.6

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  1.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 19

  Elementary or High School                                         224

  College                                                            37



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              26.2

  High school grad (%)                                             73.8

  College grad (%)                                                 21.6





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    709

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           24.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 26.2

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.0

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 9.0

  Mean Income                                                    28,193

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                22.5

  Mean Income                                                    29,774

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            68.5

  Mean Income                                                    56,461

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    296

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.7

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    124

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   20.2

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           25.8

  Service (%)                                                       8.6

  Farming (%)                                                       4.4

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             17.6

  Labor (%)                                                        23.4





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