Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Tioga

Municipality: Osceola township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,461

Household (median)                                               23,000

Family (median)                                                  24,615

  Married couple families (mean)                                 30,166

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          33,625





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            17.2

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                80.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            39.3

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            18.9

  Black                                                           100.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 1.8

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                             0.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 28.8





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  6

  Elementary or High School                                         140

  College                                                            18



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              36.0

  High school grad (%)                                             64.0

  College grad (%)                                                  8.2





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    305

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           44.9

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 18.7

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         11.8

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                22.5

  Mean Income                                                    12,296

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                26.0

  Mean Income                                                    19,127

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            51.5

  Mean Income                                                    41,672

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    158

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   10.8

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     67

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   10.8

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           20.3

  Service (%)                                                       6.2

  Farming (%)                                                       4.6

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             21.6

  Labor (%)                                                        36.4





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