Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Berks

Municipality: Womelsdorf borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       13,333

Household (median)                                               29,594

Family (median)                                                  34,861

  Married couple families (mean)                                 41,143

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          18,378





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             1.3

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                               100.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            62.5

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             3.2

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 6.3

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                           100.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  3.6





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 48

  Elementary or High School                                         364

  College                                                            49



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              28.4

  High school grad (%)                                             71.6

  College grad (%)                                                 15.6





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,214

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           32.9

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 25.3

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.5

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                11.2

  Mean Income                                                    19,189

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                21.3

  Mean Income                                                    26,742

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            67.5

  Mean Income                                                    45,152

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    594

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.9

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    206

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.9





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   16.7

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           30.0

  Service (%)                                                      13.0

  Farming (%)                                                       0.5

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             14.2

  Labor (%)                                                        25.6





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