Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Erie

Municipality: Fairview township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       25,442

Household (median)                                               49,528

Family (median)                                                  55,421

  Married couple families (mean)                                 89,856

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          19,427





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             3.5

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                43.2

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            21.9

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             4.5

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 8.5

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            45.3

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  4.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                159

  Elementary or High School                                       1,466

  College                                                           373



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              13.6

  High school grad (%)                                             86.4

  College grad (%)                                                 41.6





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  3,366

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           31.0

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 33.2

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.5

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                10.3

  Mean Income                                                    32,086

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                29.2

  Mean Income                                                    88,898

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            60.5

  Mean Income                                                    93,053

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,417

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    5.7

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    583

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   43.7

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           28.8

  Service (%)                                                       8.1

  Farming (%)                                                       1.2

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              9.5

  Labor (%)                                                         8.7





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