Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Berks

Municipality: Tulpehocken township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,743

Household (median)                                               35,661

Family (median)                                                  36,603

  Married couple families (mean)                                 40,570

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          26,060





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             5.2

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                59.5

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            54.5

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             7.0

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 0.0

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                             0.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 10.8





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 95

  Elementary or High School                                         475

  College                                                            63



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              32.2

  High school grad (%)                                             67.8

  College grad (%)                                                 12.3





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,413

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           28.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 16.3

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          0.7

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 7.9

  Mean Income                                                    17,397

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                29.2

  Mean Income                                                    40,000

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            62.9

  Mean Income                                                    43,265

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    618

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.6

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    222

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   16.8

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           21.9

  Service (%)                                                      10.6

  Farming (%)                                                      13.4

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             17.3

  Labor (%)                                                        19.9





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