Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Erie

Municipality: Springfield township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,639

Household (median)                                               25,297

Family (median)                                                  27,277

  Married couple families (mean)                                 41,014

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          10,388





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            11.4

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                64.4

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            46.2

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            11.5

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                13.3

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            26.5

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 12.4





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 87

  Elementary or High School                                         569

  College                                                            76



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              27.3

  High school grad (%)                                             72.7

  College grad (%)                                                 10.7





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,465

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           42.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 21.2

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.7

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                14.5

  Mean Income                                                    13,938

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                29.9

  Mean Income                                                    41,676

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            55.7

  Mean Income                                                    41,373

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    632

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.6

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    296

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   17.3

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           19.2

  Service (%)                                                      10.7

  Farming (%)                                                       2.9

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             15.6

  Labor (%)                                                        34.3





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