Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Erie

Municipality: Waterford township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       12,806

Household (median)                                               34,602

Family (median)                                                  36,138

  Married couple families (mean)                                 40,491

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          27,875





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             6.8

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                54.7

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            80.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             6.1

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 8.7

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

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  7.1





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 74

  Elementary or High School                                         719

  College                                                           165



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              24.2

  High school grad (%)                                             75.8

  College grad (%)                                                 15.5





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,653

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           31.8

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 22.0

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.7

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 6.7

  Mean Income                                                     9,776

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                26.3

  Mean Income                                                    39,620

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            67.0

  Mean Income                                                    42,508

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    754

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.6

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    306

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.7





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   15.2

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           22.3

  Service (%)                                                      16.0

  Farming (%)                                                       5.4

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             16.3

  Labor (%)                                                        24.7





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