Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Northampton

Municipality: Washington township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       15,417

Household (median)                                               30,974

Family (median)                                                  36,014

  Married couple families (mean)                                 50,582

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          17,758





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             1.6

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                35.3

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                           100.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             4.5

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                13.5

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            69.2

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  3.4





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 50

  Elementary or High School                                         576

  College                                                           158



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              27.9

  High school grad (%)                                             72.1

  College grad (%)                                                 15.8





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,781

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           34.2

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 27.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.2

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 9.2

  Mean Income                                                    23,034

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                29.3

  Mean Income                                                    31,580

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            61.5

  Mean Income                                                    61,442

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    831

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    347

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.4





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   19.4

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           26.7

  Service (%)                                                       9.9

  Farming (%)                                                       2.7

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             14.6

  Labor (%)                                                        26.7





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