Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Berks

Municipality: Pike township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       14,881

Household (median)                                               34,279

Family (median)                                                  37,614

  Married couple families (mean)                                 48,479

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          17,096





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             3.6

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                14.3

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

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             3.9

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                10.4

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            40.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  2.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 28

  Elementary or High School                                         172

  College                                                            65



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              30.4

  High school grad (%)                                             69.6

  College grad (%)                                                 16.6





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    710

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           28.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 21.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.5

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                11.6

  Mean Income                                                    17,383

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                20.1

  Mean Income                                                    35,685

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            68.4

  Mean Income                                                    51,720

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    325

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.9

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    100

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.2





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   22.4

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           28.5

  Service (%)                                                       8.7

  Farming (%)                                                       2.5

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             14.8

  Labor (%)                                                        23.1





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