Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Butler

Municipality: Washington township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,794

Household (median)                                               24,022

Family (median)                                                  27,037

  Married couple families (mean)                                 30,722

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           8,070





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            12.6

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                82.6

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            34.2

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            15.6

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                10.9

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            52.6

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 23.6





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 11

  Elementary or High School                                         227

  College                                                            38



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              27.6

  High school grad (%)                                             72.4

  College grad (%)                                                  7.2





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    520

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           18.8

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 23.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          7.1

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                16.1

  Mean Income                                                    11,678

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                35.5

  Mean Income                                                    23,422

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            48.4

  Mean Income                                                    39,418

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    216

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.3

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     91

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   13.5

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           24.8

  Service (%)                                                      14.0

  Farming (%)                                                       2.3

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             18.3

  Labor (%)                                                        27.1





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