Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Tioga

Municipality: Union township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        8,948

Household (median)                                               24,286

Family (median)                                                  27,019

  Married couple families (mean)                                 28,945

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          22,480





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             7.1

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                73.7

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            21.4

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             9.3

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                13.8

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            55.6

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 13.2





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 12

  Elementary or High School                                         180

  College                                                            27



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              29.1

  High school grad (%)                                             70.9

  College grad (%)                                                 11.9





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    459

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           31.2

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 16.8

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.4

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                15.6

  Mean Income                                                    16,657

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                17.8

  Mean Income                                                    19,337

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            66.5

  Mean Income                                                    33,399

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    198

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    6.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     93

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                    9.2

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           17.4

  Service (%)                                                      10.5

  Farming (%)                                                      26.6

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             13.3

  Labor (%)                                                        23.1





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