Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Berks

Municipality: Tilden township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       14,056

Household (median)                                               35,194

Family (median)                                                  38,512

  Married couple families (mean)                                 45,902

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          27,106





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             1.9

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                53.8

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            28.6

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             3.7

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 7.9

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            85.7

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  3.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 40

  Elementary or High School                                         550

  College                                                            87



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              37.9

  High school grad (%)                                             62.1

  College grad (%)                                                 15.8





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,307

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           34.6

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 30.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.5

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 9.4

  Mean Income                                                    16,448

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                26.4

  Mean Income                                                    33,697

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            64.2

  Mean Income                                                    50,425

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    611

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.9

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    203

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.7





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   16.6

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           23.5

  Service (%)                                                      11.5

  Farming (%)                                                       3.3

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             12.4

  Labor (%)                                                        32.7





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