Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Berks

Municipality: St. Lawrence borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       14,943

Household (median)                                               36,800

Family (median)                                                  41,300

  Married couple families (mean)                                 47,822

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          19,936





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             1.6

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                42.9

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                           100.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             3.4

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 7.1

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            73.7

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  1.4





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 42

  Elementary or High School                                         238

  College                                                            73



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              22.8

  High school grad (%)                                             77.2

  College grad (%)                                                 22.1





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    775

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           23.9

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 29.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.7

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                12.5

  Mean Income                                                    19,209

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                25.0

  Mean Income                                                    35,928

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            62.5

  Mean Income                                                    52,721

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    376

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    5.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    140

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.5





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   25.5

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           35.0

  Service (%)                                                      10.6

  Farming (%)                                                       1.4

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             14.2

  Labor (%)                                                        13.3





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