Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Berks

Municipality: Strausstown borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       14,690

Household (median)                                               31,161

Family (median)                                                  37,292

  Married couple families (mean)                                 45,479

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          14,319





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             0.0

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                 0.0

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

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             3.1

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 2.6

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

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  0.0





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 10

  Elementary or High School                                          48

  College                                                            15



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              32.5

  High school grad (%)                                             67.5

  College grad (%)                                                 16.4





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    217

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           26.7

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 22.6

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.7

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                10.3

  Mean Income                                                    54,098

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                20.5

  Mean Income                                                    32,406

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            69.2

  Mean Income                                                    48,009

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    107

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     31

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   12.4

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           37.8

  Service (%)                                                      12.4

  Farming (%)                                                       0.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             12.9

  Labor (%)                                                        24.4





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