Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Washington

Municipality: Somerset township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       13,529

Household (median)                                               27,310

Family (median)                                                  28,866

  Married couple families (mean)                                 51,844

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          12,634





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            15.9

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                81.9

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            34.7

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            17.9

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 6.7

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            40.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 27.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 34

  Elementary or High School                                         584

  College                                                           138



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              31.9

  High school grad (%)                                             68.1

  College grad (%)                                                 12.6





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,253

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           14.6

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 24.3

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          8.5

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                12.6

  Mean Income                                                    22,974

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                39.1

  Mean Income                                                    64,480

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            48.3

  Mean Income                                                    39,819

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    537

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    7.4

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    227

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.5





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   11.5

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           29.2

  Service (%)                                                      15.7

  Farming (%)                                                       9.3

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             16.9

  Labor (%)                                                        17.4





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