Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Berks

Municipality: Robeson township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       16,830

Household (median)                                               40,431

Family (median)                                                  42,692

  Married couple families (mean)                                 50,234

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          23,532





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             2.4

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                71.8

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

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             4.0

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 6.3

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            40.5

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  3.8





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                212

  Elementary or High School                                         942

  College                                                           232



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              25.2

  High school grad (%)                                             74.8

  College grad (%)                                                 21.0





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  3,091

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           30.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 27.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.1

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 6.3

  Mean Income                                                    21,538

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                27.4

  Mean Income                                                    44,972

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            66.3

  Mean Income                                                    52,494

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,305

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.5

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    555

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.3





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   22.3

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           26.2

  Service (%)                                                      12.5

  Farming (%)                                                       2.7

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             17.0

  Labor (%)                                                        19.3





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