Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Erie

Municipality: Franklin township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,487

Household (median)                                               32,174

Family (median)                                                  34,375

  Married couple families (mean)                                 38,199

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          13,569





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             5.6

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                69.6

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            62.5

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             7.5

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 5.4

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            50.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 12.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 30

  Elementary or High School                                         304

  College                                                            70



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              15.7

  High school grad (%)                                             84.3

  College grad (%)                                                 21.4





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    682

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           29.8

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 26.2

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.4

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 7.1

  Mean Income                                                    18,977

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                34.6

  Mean Income                                                    28,770

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            58.3

  Mean Income                                                    42,187

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    304

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    5.3

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    137

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   17.4

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           25.8

  Service (%)                                                      10.1

  Farming (%)                                                       7.2

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             19.5

  Labor (%)                                                        19.9





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