Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Erie

Municipality: Amity township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,089

Household (median)                                               29,265

Family (median)                                                  31,848

  Married couple families (mean)                                 36,835

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           5,797





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             8.4

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                82.6

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            42.1

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            11.5

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 8.9

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

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 19.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 32

  Elementary or High School                                         205

  College                                                            24



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              22.6

  High school grad (%)                                             77.4

  College grad (%)                                                 12.7





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    493

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           32.9

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 20.5

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.9

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                11.3

  Mean Income                                                    13,322

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                28.1

  Mean Income                                                    30,842

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            60.6

  Mean Income                                                    41,245

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    211

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.3

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     94

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.3





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   15.2

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           22.1

  Service (%)                                                       8.3

  Farming (%)                                                       8.1

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             16.4

  Labor (%)                                                        29.8





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