Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Tioga

Municipality: Gaines township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,920

Household (median)                                               20,236

Family (median)                                                  22,454

  Married couple families (mean)                                 30,700

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          17,723





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            10.7

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                               100.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            47.4

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            17.6

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                13.6

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            68.4

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 27.9





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 10

  Elementary or High School                                         113

  College                                                            19



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              27.5

  High school grad (%)                                             72.5

  College grad (%)                                                 16.1





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    257

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           25.7

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 24.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          6.1

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                29.9

  Mean Income                                                    22,636

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                22.6

  Mean Income                                                    24,749

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

  Mean Income                                                    34,272

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    118

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    5.9

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     49

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   26.8

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           18.7

  Service (%)                                                      12.5

  Farming (%)                                                       4.3

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             15.6

  Labor (%)                                                        22.2





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