Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Berks

Municipality: Rockland township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       15,741

Household (median)                                               38,210

Family (median)                                                  40,450

  Married couple families (mean)                                 49,126

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          22,796





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             2.4

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                63.2

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            16.7

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             4.2

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 3.9

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            70.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  5.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 39

  Elementary or High School                                         443

  College                                                           102



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              29.5

  High school grad (%)                                             70.5

  College grad (%)                                                 24.3





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,446

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           32.4

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 27.5

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.4

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 9.2

  Mean Income                                                    22,613

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                23.8

  Mean Income                                                    30,853

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            67.0

  Mean Income                                                    57,259

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    623

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.4

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    247

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   23.2

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           26.3

  Service (%)                                                      11.8

  Farming (%)                                                       1.2

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             16.6

  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