Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Berks

Municipality: South Heidelberg township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       14,737

Household (median)                                               39,409

Family (median)                                                  43,106

  Married couple families (mean)                                 47,479

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          23,101





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             2.1

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                               100.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            25.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             3.3

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 1.2

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                           100.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  4.9





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 95

  Elementary or High School                                         628

  College                                                           157



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              29.6

  High school grad (%)                                             70.4

  College grad (%)                                                 25.2





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  2,077

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           23.2

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 36.3

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.7

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                10.4

  Mean Income                                                    18,322

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                24.1

  Mean Income                                                    30,811

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            65.5

  Mean Income                                                    55,562

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    926

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    363

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.3





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   32.4

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           25.9

  Service (%)                                                      10.8

  Farming (%)                                                       2.4

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             14.4

  Labor (%)                                                        14.1





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