Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Berks

Municipality: Spring township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       18,326

Household (median)                                               41,491

Family (median)                                                  46,272

  Married couple families (mean)                                 56,435

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          37,337





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             1.8

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                54.8

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            86.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             2.3

  Black                                                             7.9

  Other race                                                       13.6

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 3.3

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            71.9

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  3.4





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                437

  Elementary or High School                                       3,048

  College                                                           940



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              15.1

  High school grad (%)                                             84.9

  College grad (%)                                                 34.9





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  9,590

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           22.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 31.5

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.6

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                12.4

  Mean Income                                                    31,969

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                27.8

  Mean Income                                                    45,298

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            59.8

  Mean Income                                                    61,445

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  4,525

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                  1,774

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.5





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   33.7

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           35.3

  Service (%)                                                       9.8

  Farming (%)                                                       1.2

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              8.4

  Labor (%)                                                        11.6





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