Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Erie

Municipality: Union township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       13,020

Household (median)                                               31,429

Family (median)                                                  34,286

  Married couple families (mean)                                 45,381

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          24,619





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             8.4

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                45.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            11.1

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             9.9

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 9.3

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            55.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 10.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 14

  Elementary or High School                                         375

  College                                                            66



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              25.1

  High school grad (%)                                             74.9

  College grad (%)                                                 13.0





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    795

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           36.2

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 21.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.2

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                10.3

  Mean Income                                                    17,209

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                24.1

  Mean Income                                                    34,212

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            65.7

  Mean Income                                                    51,884

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    349

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.6

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    164

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   15.7

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           19.0

  Service (%)                                                      12.1

  Farming (%)                                                       7.9

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             17.6

  Labor (%)                                                        27.7





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