Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Fayette

Municipality: Washington township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,254

Household (median)                                               23,547

Family (median)                                                  27,608

  Married couple families (mean)                                 32,095

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           3,975





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            11.0

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                66.7

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            39.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            12.0

  Black                                                            20.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 7.6

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            73.6

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 18.9





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 27

  Elementary or High School                                         608

  College                                                           206



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              29.6

  High school grad (%)                                             70.4

  College grad (%)                                                 13.2





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,587

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           22.2

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 27.7

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         12.4

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                25.1

  Mean Income                                                    16,855

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                32.5

  Mean Income                                                    25,376

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            42.3

  Mean Income                                                    40,446

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    688

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   13.2

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    215

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.2





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   18.8

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           35.7

  Service (%)                                                       8.7

  Farming (%)                                                       0.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             14.0

  Labor (%)                                                        22.9





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