Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Berks

Municipality: Penn township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       14,242

Household (median)                                               38,185

Family (median)                                                  41,786

  Married couple families (mean)                                 46,376

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          21,757





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             3.1

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                43.8

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            28.6

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             2.8

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 6.0

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                             0.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  3.0





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 24

  Elementary or High School                                         321

  College                                                            64



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              21.0

  High school grad (%)                                             79.0

  College grad (%)                                                 20.2





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    940

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           31.9

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 20.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.0

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 8.5

  Mean Income                                                    21,439

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                24.4

  Mean Income                                                    39,153

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            67.1

  Mean Income                                                    50,731

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    413

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.5

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    197

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   18.4

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           28.1

  Service (%)                                                      10.9

  Farming (%)                                                       5.1

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             16.8

  Labor (%)                                                        20.7





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