Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Erie

Municipality: Waterford borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,227

Household (median)                                               26,731

Family (median)                                                  30,625

  Married couple families (mean)                                 35,555

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          12,288





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             7.1

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                74.2

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            69.6

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             8.1

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 5.8

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            41.7

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 11.4





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 42

  Elementary or High School                                         257

  College                                                            55



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              23.7

  High school grad (%)                                             76.3

  College grad (%)                                                 18.3





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    707

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           25.0

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 31.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.2

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                14.6

  Mean Income                                                    13,491

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                26.7

  Mean Income                                                    27,253

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            58.7

  Mean Income                                                    40,075

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    350

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    6.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    124

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.3





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   20.9

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           27.3

  Service (%)                                                      14.1

  Farming (%)                                                       3.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             15.7

  Labor (%)                                                        19.0





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