Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Berks

Municipality: Wyomissing Hills borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       21,846

Household (median)                                               47,862

Family (median)                                                  51,589

  Married couple families (mean)                                 72,178

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          17,251





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             1.5

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                58.3

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

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             2.0

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 1.7

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

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  3.9





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 61

  Elementary or High School                                         463

  College                                                           182



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              13.1

  High school grad (%)                                             86.9

  College grad (%)                                                 45.0





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,163

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           20.6

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 37.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.0

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                11.5

  Mean Income                                                    26,939

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                29.9

  Mean Income                                                    51,422

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            58.5

  Mean Income                                                    79,117

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    516

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    5.2

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    175

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   52.0

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           28.4

  Service (%)                                                       7.0

  Farming (%)                                                       0.6

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              4.4

  Labor (%)                                                         7.7





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