Employment
Unemployment in Erie was at 8.2 percent, a rise from 4.9 percent in 2000. More than half (72.9 percent) of the population works in management, professional or related professional jobs (25.1 percent), service occupations (20.2 percent), or sales and office occupations (27.2 percent). By sector, 23 percent of those who live in Erie work in manufacturing, 31 percent work in services, 12 percent work in government, and 22 percent work in retail/wholesale.
Median household income is $35,341 with 41.5 percent of workers earning from $35,000 to $74,999.
- Four of America’s Top 50 plastic companies are located in Erie.
- Erie is the home to the oldest lighthouse on the Great Lakes.
- The character Alice from the Brady Bunch was born in Erie.
- Erie is covered in 167,634 acres of farmland.
- Average summer temperature in Erie is 76.4°F.
- Average winter temperature is a low of 20°F and a high of 35°F.
- Erie is 19.3 square miles.
- The total area of Erie is 21.54 percent water.
- Birthplace of 2005 NFL player Bob Sanders