Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Berks

Municipality: Richmond township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       13,282

Household (median)                                               30,206

Family (median)                                                  36,232

  Married couple families (mean)                                 41,116

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          15,232





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             2.8

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                56.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            42.9

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             6.2

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                14.7

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            57.7

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  1.8





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                111

  Elementary or High School                                         491

  College                                                           203



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              43.4

  High school grad (%)                                             56.6

  College grad (%)                                                 14.0





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,770

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           32.9

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 28.6

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.6

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 8.2

  Mean Income                                                    18,372

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                24.4

  Mean Income                                                    33,030

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            67.4

  Mean Income                                                    45,401

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    760

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.9

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    270

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.4





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   13.4

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           28.0

  Service (%)                                                      10.9

  Farming (%)                                                       4.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             14.0

  Labor (%)                                                        29.7





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