Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Snyder

Municipality: Washington township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,767

Household (median)                                               28,967

Family (median)                                                  30,946

  Married couple families (mean)                                 36,631

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          23,752





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             7.5

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                70.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                             0.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            13.4

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 9.7

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            16.7

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 21.9





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 11

  Elementary or High School                                         259

  College                                                            29



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              43.3

  High school grad (%)                                             56.7

  College grad (%)                                                 11.6





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    682

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           32.7

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 19.9

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.3

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 8.5

  Mean Income                                                    14,014

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                27.9

  Mean Income                                                    31,849

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            63.7

  Mean Income                                                    39,848

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    286

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    119

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.2





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   13.8

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           16.1

  Service (%)                                                      12.3

  Farming (%)                                                      13.3

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             14.5

  Labor (%)                                                        29.9





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