Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Tioga

Municipality: Shippen township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        8,837

Household (median)                                               21,979

Family (median)                                                  25,000

  Married couple families (mean)                                 27,215

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          12,155





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            11.5

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                80.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            41.7

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            16.3

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                10.6

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

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 25.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  8

  Elementary or High School                                          68

  College                                                             7



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              34.4

  High school grad (%)                                             65.6

  College grad (%)                                                 15.4





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    184

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           22.3

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 38.6

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          8.9

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                11.5

  Mean Income                                                    17,771

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                37.7

  Mean Income                                                    24,368

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            50.8

  Mean Income                                                    29,648

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                     91

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    8.8

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     28

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   22.3

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           23.4

  Service (%)                                                      18.5

  Farming (%)                                                       9.2

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              9.2

  Labor (%)                                                        17.4





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