Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Berks

Municipality: Sinking Spring borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       15,600

Household (median)                                               27,375

Family (median)                                                  38,074

  Married couple families (mean)                                 43,087

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          15,323





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             4.9

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                51.4

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            44.4

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             5.8

  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 (%)                            50.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  9.2





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 24

  Elementary or High School                                         289

  College                                                            97



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              30.8

  High school grad (%)                                             69.2

  College grad (%)                                                 18.0





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,284

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           28.9

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 25.6

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.5

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                15.8

  Mean Income                                                    28,595

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                25.4

  Mean Income                                                    30,255

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            58.8

  Mean Income                                                    50,744

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    611

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.9

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    168

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.6





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   23.3

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           34.6

  Service (%)                                                      10.1

  Farming (%)                                                       0.5

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             15.3

  Labor (%)                                                        16.2





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