Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Berks

Municipality: Union township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       16,010

Household (median)                                               37,639

Family (median)                                                  40,223

  Married couple families (mean)                                 48,358

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          30,731





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             2.2

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                61.9

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

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             2.1

  Black                                                            60.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 8.8

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            51.6

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  1.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 55

  Elementary or High School                                         584

  College                                                           144



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              26.9

  High school grad (%)                                             73.1

  College grad (%)                                                 14.5





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,743

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           29.9

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 25.5

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.9

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                12.0

  Mean Income                                                    20,693

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                23.1

  Mean Income                                                    43,735

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            65.0

  Mean Income                                                    50,290

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    782

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    7.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    344

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   21.2

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           27.8

  Service (%)                                                       6.8

  Farming (%)                                                       2.1

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             19.5

  Labor (%)                                                        22.5





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