Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Erie

Municipality: Union City borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        8,303

Household (median)                                               19,297

Family (median)                                                  22,372

  Married couple families (mean)                                 27,732

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           8,326





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            15.7

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                92.2

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            59.6

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            17.9

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                16.2

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            62.5

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 25.3





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 53

  Elementary or High School                                         683

  College                                                            89



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              30.3

  High school grad (%)                                             69.7

  College grad (%)                                                 10.8





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,470

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           49.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 21.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          7.1

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                18.5

  Mean Income                                                     9,583

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                33.2

  Mean Income                                                    21,091

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            48.3

  Mean Income                                                    32,644

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    761

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    8.4

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    349

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.5





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   11.6

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           25.0

  Service (%)                                                      12.6

  Farming (%)                                                       0.5

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             12.9

  Labor (%)                                                        37.5





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