Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Berks

Municipality: Temple borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       14,084

Household (median)                                               28,281

Family (median)                                                  34,550

  Married couple families (mean)                                 39,037

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          23,337





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             2.4

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                80.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            62.5

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             4.5

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                      100.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 7.1

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            79.2

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 11.6





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 36

  Elementary or High School                                         174

  College                                                            83



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              33.3

  High school grad (%)                                             66.7

  College grad (%)                                                 11.5





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    768

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           25.4

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 24.2

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.9

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                13.8

  Mean Income                                                    24,056

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                27.6

  Mean Income                                                    29,829

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            58.6

  Mean Income                                                    43,528

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    368

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.8

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     93

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.7





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   12.9

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           33.9

  Service (%)                                                      13.2

  Farming (%)                                                       2.6

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             15.9

  Labor (%)                                                        21.6





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