Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Tioga

Municipality: Chatham township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        8,999

Household (median)                                               23,750

Family (median)                                                  24,632

  Married couple families (mean)                                 29,313

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           6,830





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            10.7

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                88.9

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            31.3

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            11.5

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 3.3

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                           100.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 15.6





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 15

  Elementary or High School                                         109

  College                                                             9



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              18.7

  High school grad (%)                                             81.3

  College grad (%)                                                 12.4





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    247

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           21.9

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 25.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.3

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                11.8

  Mean Income                                                    13,460

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                33.7

  Mean Income                                                    22,319

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            54.4

  Mean Income                                                    35,127

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    101

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     47

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   13.0

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           16.2

  Service (%)                                                      10.1

  Farming (%)                                                      17.4

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             21.1

  Labor (%)                                                        22.3





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