Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Berks

Municipality: Wyomissing borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       28,801

Household (median)                                               43,041

Family (median)                                                  54,106

  Married couple families (mean)                                 94,009

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          22,572





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             1.4

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                35.5

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                           100.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             2.6

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                       31.3

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 5.5

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            38.5

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  2.2





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                157

  Elementary or High School                                         964

  College                                                           320



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              16.0

  High school grad (%)                                             84.0

  College grad (%)                                                 45.1





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  3,165

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           20.9

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 33.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.7

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                14.1

  Mean Income                                                    46,739

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                39.5

  Mean Income                                                    88,669

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            46.4

  Mean Income                                                    89,045

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,328

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    358

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.7





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   45.1

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           34.0

  Service (%)                                                       3.5

  Farming (%)                                                       0.8

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              7.0

  Labor (%)                                                         9.6





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