Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Tioga

Municipality: Elkland borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,301

Household (median)                                               16,652

Family (median)                                                  22,218

  Married couple families (mean)                                 30,013

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          10,428





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            22.0

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                80.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            50.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            24.6

  Black                                                            78.6

  Other race                                                      100.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                16.1

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            72.1

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 38.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 24

  Elementary or High School                                         324

  College                                                            61



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              34.7

  High school grad (%)                                             65.3

  College grad (%)                                                 13.1





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    655

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           36.2

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 29.0

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         10.6

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                22.6

  Mean Income                                                    13,204

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                38.4

  Mean Income                                                    22,310

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            39.0

  Mean Income                                                    38,668

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    342

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    9.6

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    172

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   19.1

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           24.6

  Service (%)                                                      12.5

  Farming (%)                                                       1.2

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             16.2

  Labor (%)                                                        26.4





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