Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Berks

Municipality: West Lawn borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       14,640

Household (median)                                               29,786

Family (median)                                                  35,491

  Married couple families (mean)                                 40,831

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          20,631





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             3.9

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                57.9

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

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             4.8

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                      100.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 5.4

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            54.5

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 10.6





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 35

  Elementary or High School                                         221

  College                                                            59



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              25.2

  High school grad (%)                                             74.8

  College grad (%)                                                 16.2





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    829

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           20.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 29.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          1.1

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                19.1

  Mean Income                                                    22,890

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                22.2

  Mean Income                                                    31,735

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            58.7

  Mean Income                                                    47,313

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    412

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.5

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    137

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   23.6

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           32.8

  Service (%)                                                      12.1

  Farming (%)                                                       0.8

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             12.1

  Labor (%)                                                        18.6





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