Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Berks

Municipality: Upper Bern township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       13,259

Household (median)                                               31,424

Family (median)                                                  34,038

  Married couple families (mean)                                 40,238

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          17,661





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             3.4

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                57.1

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            50.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             5.0

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                13.7

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            91.7

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  4.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 12

  Elementary or High School                                         248

  College                                                            64



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              31.9

  High school grad (%)                                             68.1

  College grad (%)                                                 14.3





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    787

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           24.9

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 27.6

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.5

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 8.6

  Mean Income                                                    17,750

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                19.4

  Mean Income                                                    25,031

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            72.1

  Mean Income                                                    43,689

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    366

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    6.8

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    135

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.2





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   16.9

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           25.4

  Service (%)                                                      13.2

  Farming (%)                                                       7.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             13.3

  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