Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Erie

Municipality: Summit township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       12,281

Household (median)                                               30,944

Family (median)                                                  34,081

  Married couple families (mean)                                 39,856

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          15,794





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             4.8

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                               100.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            61.4

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             6.4

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 5.9

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            85.3

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 11.6





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 69

  Elementary or High School                                         999

  College                                                           241



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              22.0

  High school grad (%)                                             78.0

  College grad (%)                                                 10.8





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  2,546

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           30.6

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 24.9

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          7.1

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 5.8

  Mean Income                                                    19,644

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                30.5

  Mean Income                                                    28,834

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            63.6

  Mean Income                                                    41,988

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,236

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    6.6

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    464

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.6





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   16.6

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           27.7

  Service (%)                                                      12.6

  Farming (%)                                                       1.4

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             20.1

  Labor (%)                                                        21.6





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