Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Washington

Municipality: Buffalo township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       12,771

Household (median)                                               31,473

Family (median)                                                  36,406

  Married couple families (mean)                                 42,380

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          16,010





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             4.6

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                57.1

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

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             6.0

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 8.4

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            47.4

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  5.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 23

  Elementary or High School                                         397

  College                                                            99



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              25.4

  High school grad (%)                                             74.6

  College grad (%)                                                 18.9





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    973

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           23.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 30.3

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.2

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                12.3

  Mean Income                                                    21,513

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                27.5

  Mean Income                                                    36,046

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            60.2

  Mean Income                                                    45,435

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    405

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.4

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    171

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.1





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   17.2

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           26.6

  Service (%)                                                      16.2

  Farming (%)                                                       2.2

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             14.8

  Labor (%)                                                        23.0





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