Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Berks

Municipality: West Reading borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       13,649

Household (median)                                               27,958

Family (median)                                                  34,561

  Married couple families (mean)                                 41,012

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          22,525





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             0.7

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                 0.0

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

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             2.9

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 6.7

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            75.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  0.0





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 50

  Elementary or High School                                         325

  College                                                           398



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              32.4

  High school grad (%)                                             67.6

  College grad (%)                                                 20.7





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  2,018

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           18.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 36.6

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.5

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                14.5

  Mean Income                                                    19,631

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                25.2

  Mean Income                                                    33,897

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            60.3

  Mean Income                                                    44,009

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,080

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.8

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    256

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.6





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   23.4

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           35.5

  Service (%)                                                      15.8

  Farming (%)                                                       0.3

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              9.0

  Labor (%)                                                        16.0





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