Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Tioga

Municipality: Wellsboro borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       13,851

Household (median)                                               22,640

Family (median)                                                  32,228

  Married couple families (mean)                                 42,951

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          19,862





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             8.7

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                59.5

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            68.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            11.8

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                17.3

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            70.9

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 12.4





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 41

  Elementary or High School                                         495

  College                                                           159



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              22.1

  High school grad (%)                                             77.9

  College grad (%)                                                 34.2





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,358

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           15.3

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 52.7

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          7.9

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                20.6

  Mean Income                                                    24,643

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                32.7

  Mean Income                                                    44,068

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            46.7

  Mean Income                                                    44,648

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    682

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    5.7

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    269

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   39.2

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           27.1

  Service (%)                                                      14.1

  Farming (%)                                                       0.8

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              6.0

  Labor (%)                                                        12.8





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