Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Potter

Municipality: Galeton borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        8,407

Household (median)                                               17,670

Family (median)                                                  22,011

  Married couple families (mean)                                 27,486

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           6,253





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            18.0

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                80.6

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            64.8

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            20.2

  Black                                                            83.3

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                15.3

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            73.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 29.9





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 27

  Elementary or High School                                         258

  College                                                            29



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              26.2

  High school grad (%)                                             73.8

  College grad (%)                                                 12.3





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    533

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           29.3

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 19.7

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         11.5

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                18.5

  Mean Income                                                    12,855

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                30.0

  Mean Income                                                    17,126

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            51.5

  Mean Income                                                    32,844

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    267

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    8.2

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    108

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.5





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   17.3

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           26.3

  Service (%)                                                      10.9

  Farming (%)                                                       0.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             11.8

  Labor (%)                                                        33.8





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