Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Jefferson

Municipality: Gaskill township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,624

Household (median)                                               24,000

Family (median)                                                  26,442

  Married couple families (mean)                                 31,823

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          13,749





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            11.3

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                40.9

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            55.6

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            13.1

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                10.3

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            75.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 13.6





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 12

  Elementary or High School                                         153

  College                                                            17



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              23.7

  High school grad (%)                                             76.3

  College grad (%)                                                 11.8





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    232

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           19.4

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 17.7

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         10.4

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                13.3

  Mean Income                                                    16,685

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                39.5

  Mean Income                                                    22,968

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            47.2

  Mean Income                                                    39,208

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                     88

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   13.6

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     45

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.4





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   16.8

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           24.1

  Service (%)                                                       7.8

  Farming (%)                                                       1.7

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             17.2

  Labor (%)                                                        32.3





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