Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Erie

Municipality: Wattsburg borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        8,502

Household (median)                                               22,125

Family (median)                                                  24,545

  Married couple families (mean)                                 29,518

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          11,484





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            19.7

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                92.3

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            50.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            21.5

  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 (%)                            60.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 36.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 16

  Elementary or High School                                         107

  College                                                            15



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              27.3

  High school grad (%)                                             72.7

  College grad (%)                                                  9.6





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    182

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           33.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 29.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          6.6

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                13.6

  Mean Income                                                    11,453

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                28.0

  Mean Income                                                    17,547

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            58.3

  Mean Income                                                    34,018

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                     85

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.4

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     41

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   11.0

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           12.6

  Service (%)                                                      24.2

  Farming (%)                                                       2.7

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             11.0

  Labor (%)                                                        38.5





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