Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Berks

Municipality: Shillington borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       15,470

Household (median)                                               32,181

Family (median)                                                  37,079

  Married couple families (mean)                                 45,996

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          25,232





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             1.2

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                 0.0

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

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             2.3

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 4.4

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            77.8

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  0.0





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 79

  Elementary or High School                                         659

  College                                                           269



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              20.5

  High school grad (%)                                             79.5

  College grad (%)                                                 30.4





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  2,534

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           19.0

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 37.6

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.3

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                15.6

  Mean Income                                                    21,544

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                28.5

  Mean Income                                                    38,703

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            55.9

  Mean Income                                                    49,301

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,202

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    376

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.5





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   26.9

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           36.5

  Service (%)                                                      10.7

  Farming (%)                                                       0.3

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              9.1

  Labor (%)                                                        16.5





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