Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Berks

Municipality: Robesonia borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       13,665

Household (median)                                               34,318

Family (median)                                                  38,693

  Married couple families (mean)                                 41,087

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          17,883





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             3.0

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                88.2

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            13.3

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             4.7

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 5.7

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            58.8

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  4.3





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 43

  Elementary or High School                                         260

  College                                                            90



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              20.3

  High school grad (%)                                             79.7

  College grad (%)                                                 19.5





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,039

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           28.9

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 28.6

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.2

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                10.8

  Mean Income                                                    16,842

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                21.1

  Mean Income                                                    30,669

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            68.1

  Mean Income                                                    45,766

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    459

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.3

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    196

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.5





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   22.6

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           31.7

  Service (%)                                                      11.2

  Farming (%)                                                       0.7

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             10.5

  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