Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Washington

Municipality: Chartiers township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       13,886

Household (median)                                               27,278

Family (median)                                                  32,407

  Married couple families (mean)                                 40,155

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          12,869





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             7.5

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                79.8

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            49.3

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             9.8

  Black                                                             9.3

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                10.9

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            64.7

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 15.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                129

  Elementary or High School                                       1,132

  College                                                           260



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              27.0

  High school grad (%)                                             73.0

  College grad (%)                                                 16.6





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  3,336

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           18.7

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 34.6

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.0

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                17.1

  Mean Income                                                    17,684

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                27.1

  Mean Income                                                    28,072

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            55.8

  Mean Income                                                    48,747

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,632

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.4

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    642

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.1





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   25.7

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           32.0

  Service (%)                                                      11.8

  Farming (%)                                                       3.7

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             13.8

  Labor (%)                                                        13.1





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