Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Berks

Municipality: Topton borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       13,906

Household (median)                                               34,628

Family (median)                                                  38,667

  Married couple families (mean)                                 43,516

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          17,282





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             3.0

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                76.5

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            69.2

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             6.0

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 4.5

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            41.7

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  6.3





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 40

  Elementary or High School                                         296

  College                                                           106



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              31.3

  High school grad (%)                                             68.7

  College grad (%)                                                 15.4





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,114

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           39.9

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 27.6

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.3

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 7.9

  Mean Income                                                    23,598

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                25.0

  Mean Income                                                    32,480

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            67.1

  Mean Income                                                    46,315

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    561

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.9

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    199

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.6





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   15.6

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           27.6

  Service (%)                                                      17.1

  Farming (%)                                                       0.4

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             15.3

  Labor (%)                                                        24.1





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