Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Erie

Municipality: Washington township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       15,367

Household (median)                                               36,935

Family (median)                                                  39,961

  Married couple families (mean)                                 55,868

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          12,547





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             3.5

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                               100.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            48.7

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             6.2

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 0.0

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                             0.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  7.4





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                132

  Elementary or High School                                         780

  College                                                           266



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              14.2

  High school grad (%)                                             85.8

  College grad (%)                                                 36.6





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  2,039

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           20.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 38.8

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.1

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 7.5

  Mean Income                                                    22,141

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                26.3

  Mean Income                                                    36,330

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            66.2

  Mean Income                                                    61,518

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    936

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    435

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   34.0

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           26.9

  Service (%)                                                      10.1

  Farming (%)                                                       2.7

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             10.3

  Labor (%)                                                        15.9





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