Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Westmoreland

Municipality: Washington township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       13,962

Household (median)                                               34,030

Family (median)                                                  36,716

  Married couple families (mean)                                 44,328

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           8,582





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             6.0

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                70.5

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            64.5

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             8.3

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                10.1

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            23.7

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 12.4





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                146

  Elementary or High School                                       1,290

  College                                                           385



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              20.1

  High school grad (%)                                             79.9

  College grad (%)                                                 23.4





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  3,494

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           20.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 32.9

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.8

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                14.9

  Mean Income                                                    24,762

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                27.2

  Mean Income                                                    32,942

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            57.9

  Mean Income                                                    50,559

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,509

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.6

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    595

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   24.4

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           29.9

  Service (%)                                                      12.2

  Farming (%)                                                       0.5

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             15.0

  Labor (%)                                                        18.0





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