Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Washington

Municipality: Peters township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       24,417

Household (median)                                               53,045

Family (median)                                                  56,219

  Married couple families (mean)                                 75,821

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          28,655





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             1.6

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                68.6

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            52.1

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             2.6

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 5.1

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            78.3

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  2.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                440

  Elementary or High School                                       2,583

  College                                                           664



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                               7.9

  High school grad (%)                                             92.1

  College grad (%)                                                 46.9





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  6,917

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           15.3

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 32.3

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.4

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 7.0

  Mean Income                                                    40,276

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                32.2

  Mean Income                                                    70,545

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            60.8

  Mean Income                                                    79,962

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  2,888

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.7

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                  1,056

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.3





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   41.3

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           38.9

  Service (%)                                                       5.9

  Farming (%)                                                       1.5

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              7.9

  Labor (%)                                                         4.6





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