Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Schuylkill

Municipality: Washington township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,517

Household (median)                                               27,173

Family (median)                                                  31,276

  Married couple families (mean)                                 35,022

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          18,619





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             7.3

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                54.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            22.2

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             8.9

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                      100.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                13.6

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            42.4

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 12.1





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 50

  Elementary or High School                                         443

  College                                                            63



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              30.4

  High school grad (%)                                             69.6

  College grad (%)                                                 10.3





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,167

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           34.4

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 18.9

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.4

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                12.8

  Mean Income                                                    15,417

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                26.7

  Mean Income                                                    24,388

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            60.5

  Mean Income                                                    40,554

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    502

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.2

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    231

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   12.9

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           17.1

  Service (%)                                                      11.9

  Farming (%)                                                       5.4

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             18.9

  Labor (%)                                                        33.9





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