Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Potter

Municipality: Oswayo township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        8,673

Household (median)                                               18,365

Family (median)                                                  19,375

  Married couple families (mean)                                 25,147

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           8,417





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            13.1

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                               100.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            75.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            18.1

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                16.1

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            60.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 31.4





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  6

  Elementary or High School                                          27

  College                                                            12



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              31.3

  High school grad (%)                                             68.7

  College grad (%)                                                 13.7





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                     84

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           29.8

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 11.9

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.4

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                24.6

  Mean Income                                                    21,983

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                27.9

  Mean Income                                                    20,681

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            47.5

  Mean Income                                                    27,409

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                     37

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    8.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     22

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.1





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   13.1

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           21.4

  Service (%)                                                       9.5

  Farming (%)                                                      13.1

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             22.6

  Labor (%)                                                        20.2





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