Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Berks

Municipality: Wernersville borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       15,226

Household (median)                                               37,500

Family (median)                                                  41,484

  Married couple families (mean)                                 46,735

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          24,891





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             1.8

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                80.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            75.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             2.7

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 2.7

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            62.5

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  3.3





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 38

  Elementary or High School                                         285

  College                                                            83



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              21.4

  High school grad (%)                                             78.6

  College grad (%)                                                 25.0





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,033

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           24.2

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 35.6

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.7

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                13.1

  Mean Income                                                    27,471

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                19.7

  Mean Income                                                    31,529

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            67.2

  Mean Income                                                    49,932

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    502

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.6

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    202

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.5





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   27.9

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           34.3

  Service (%)                                                      11.3

  Farming (%)                                                       1.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             10.2

  Labor (%)                                                        15.4





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