Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Berks

Municipality: Shoemakersville borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       13,073

Household (median)                                               31,306

Family (median)                                                  34,375

  Married couple families (mean)                                 38,068

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          19,705





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             1.9

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                50.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            50.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             3.7

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 5.5

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            84.6

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  4.0





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 20

  Elementary or High School                                         225

  College                                                            36



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              35.1

  High school grad (%)                                             64.9

  College grad (%)                                                 15.3





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    735

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           38.6

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 21.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.8

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                15.7

  Mean Income                                                    22,884

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                21.8

  Mean Income                                                    30,427

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

  Mean Income                                                    42,153

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    352

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    136

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   15.1

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           19.3

  Service (%)                                                      15.4

  Farming (%)                                                       1.9

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             13.7

  Labor (%)                                                        34.6





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