Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Tioga

Municipality: Covington township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,081

Household (median)                                               23,871

Family (median)                                                  27,500

  Married couple families (mean)                                 32,329

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          14,716





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             5.3

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                78.6

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            18.2

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            10.8

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 9.2

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                             9.1

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 14.9





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  9

  Elementary or High School                                         177

  College                                                            59



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              25.9

  High school grad (%)                                             74.1

  College grad (%)                                                 15.6





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    433

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           28.4

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 22.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          7.5

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                14.9

  Mean Income                                                    19,825

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                31.7

  Mean Income                                                    22,135

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            53.4

  Mean Income                                                    38,608

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    191

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.7

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     77

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.6





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   13.4

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           21.0

  Service (%)                                                      15.7

  Farming (%)                                                       8.5

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             11.1

  Labor (%)                                                        30.3





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