Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Berks

Municipality: Ruscombmanor township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       14,677

Household (median)                                               33,963

Family (median)                                                  38,200

  Married couple families (mean)                                 46,919

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           8,750





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             5.4

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                30.6

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

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             5.1

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 5.1

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            64.3

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  2.8





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 76

  Elementary or High School                                         582

  College                                                            63



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              29.3

  High school grad (%)                                             70.7

  College grad (%)                                                 23.4





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,619

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           35.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 27.8

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.0

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 8.6

  Mean Income                                                    10,637

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                23.6

  Mean Income                                                    31,741

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            67.8

  Mean Income                                                    54,272

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    721

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    6.8

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    307

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.6





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   25.8

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           26.4

  Service (%)                                                       7.7

  Farming (%)                                                       1.5

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             19.0

  Labor (%)                                                        19.6





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