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Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000: $959 (1.3%)
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Tioga County is $462 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $514 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $675 a month.
Cities in this county include: Tinicum Township
, Mansfield
, Wellsboro
, Elkland
, Blossburg
, Westfield
, Lawrenceville
, Tioga
, Knoxville
, Liberty
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2005 air pollution in Tioga County:
Ozone (1-hour): 0.086 ppm (standard limit: 0.12 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Ozone (8-hour): 0.080 ppm (standard limit: 0.08 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Neighboring
counties: Chemung County, New York
, Bradford County
, Lycoming County
, Steuben County, New York
, Potter County
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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:
Notable locations in Tioga County: County
Bridge Picnic Area
(A),
Academy Corners
(B),
Palmer Pumping Station
(C),
Ansonia Station
(D),
Odle Corners
(E),
Corey Creek Golf Course
(F),
Grand Canyon of Pennsylvania
(G),
Karls Corners
(H),
Blacks Mill
(I),
Wellsboro Country Club
(J),
Boom Corners
(K),
Boom Pumping Station
(L),
Harrison Lookout
(M),
East Chatham
(N),
Canoe Camp
(O),
Hessel Gesser Millstone
(P),
Holiday Station
(Q)
Churches in Tioga County include: Jemison
Valley Church
(A),
Elk Run Church
(B),
Farmington Church
(C),
Roundtop Church
(D),
Union Church
(E),
Butler Hill Church
(F),
Middle Ridge Church
(G),
Hills Creek Church
(H),
Tompkins Church
(I)
Cemeteries: Morrell
Cemetery
(1),
Cloos Cemetery
(2),
Ackley Cemetery
(3),
Alder Run Cemetery
(4),
Brookside Cemetery
(5),
Nolton Cemetery
(6),
Fairview Cemetery
(7)
Lakes, reservoirs, and swamps: Lard,
Lake
(A),
Beechwood Lake
(B),
Hammond Lake
(C),
Knoxville Reservoir
(D),
Hamilton Lake
(E),
Hills Creek Lake
(F),
Tauscher Pond
(G),
Eldridge Lake
(H)
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Gulf
Run
(A),
Potter Brook
(B),
Purple Brook
(C),
Lick Run
(D),
Rail Island Run
(E),
Rathbone Creek
(F),
Rattler Run
(G),
Gormania Branch
(H),
Red Run
(I)
Parks in Tioga County include: Leonard
Harrison State Park
(1),
Colton Point Park
(2),
State Game Lands Number 268
(3),
Pine Creek Gorge Natural Area
(4),
State Game Lands Number 37
(5),
Asaph Run Picnic Area
(6),
State Game Lands Number 208
(7),
Hills Creek State Park
(8)
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Unemployment in September 2007:
| Here: |
4.5% | | Pennsylvania: |
4.1% |
Current college students: 2,767
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 80.5%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 14.2%
Number of foreign born residents: 436 (50% naturalized citizens)
| Tioga
County: |
1.1% | | Whole
state: | 4.1% |
Year
of entry for the foreign-born population |
- 1995
to March 2000: 97
- 1990
to 1994: 51
- 1985
to 1989: 52
- 1980
to 1984: 34
- 1975
to 1979: 8
- 1970
to 1974: 19
- 1970
to 1974: 14
- 1965
to 1969: 161
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Mean travel time to work: 23.1 minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 75.8%
Housing units in structures:
- One,
detached: 13,902
- One,
attached: 171
- Two:
841
- 3
or 4: 493
- 5
to 9: 141
- 10
to 19: 103
- 20
or more: 456
- Mobile
homes: 3,686
- Boats,
RVs, vans, etc.: 100
Housing units in Tioga County with a mortgage: 3,677 (310 second mortgage, 478 home equity loan, 9 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2,977 Agriculture
in Tioga County
Average size of farms: 206 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $49958
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $71.02
The value of nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 4.01%
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 86.87%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $40024
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 44.92%
Irrigated harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 0.19%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $52561
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 93.22%
Average age of principal farm operators: 54 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 18.00
Milk cows as a percentage of all cattle and calves: 34.34%
Corn for grain: 5666 harvested acres
All wheat for grain: 124 harvested acres
Soybeans for beans: 256 harvested acres
Vegetables: 120 harvested acres
Land in orchards: 158 acresTioga
County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is significantly below Pennsylvania state average. It is 4.3 times below overall U.S. average.
Most
common industries for males: |
- Construction
(10%)
- Metal
and metal products (9%)
- Agriculture,
forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Educational
services (7%)
- Truck
transportation (4%)
- Accommodation
and food services (3%)
- Public
administration (3%)
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Most
common industries for females: |
- Health
care (16%)
- Educational
services (15%)
- Accommodation
and food services (8%)
- Social
assistance (5%)
- Food
and beverage stores (4%)
- Public
administration (4%)
- Finance
and insurance (4%)
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Most
common occupations for males |
- Metal
workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Driver/sales
workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Other
production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Laborers
and material movers, hand (6%)
- Electrical
equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Building
and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Farmers
and farm managers (4%)
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Most
common occupations for females
|
- Secretaries
and administrative assistants (6%)
- Other
office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Preschool,
kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Other
production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other
sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Cashiers
(4%)
- Information
and record clerks except customer service representatives (3%)
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Most
common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
|
- Germany
(17%)
- United
Kingdom (12%)
- Canada
(11%)
- India
(8%)
- Other
South Central Asia (5%)
- Other
Southern Africa (5%)
- Netherlands
(3%)
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Most
common first ancestries reported in Tioga County:
|
- German
(23%)
- United
States or American (17%)
- English
(15%)
- Irish
(10%)
- Polish
(6%)
- Italian
(5%)
- French
(except Basque) (2%)
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Means of transportation to work
- Drove
a car alone: 13,396 (75%)
- Carpooled:
2,276 (13%)
- Bus
or trolley bus: 70 (0%)
- Subway
or elevated: 6 (0%)
- Railroad:
4 (0%)
- Motorcycle:
4 (0%)
- Bicycle:
37 (0%)
- Walked:
1,018 (6%)
- Other
means: 118 (1%)
- Worked
at home: 930 (5%)
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People
in group quarters in Tioga County, Pennsylvania
- 1269
people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 276
people in nursing homes
- 112
people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 86
people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 50
people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 28
people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 20
people in other group homes
- 18
people in training schools for juvenile delinquents
- 13
people in short-term care, detention or diagnostic centers for delinquent children
- 7
people in religious group quarters
- 6
people in homes for the mentally ill
- 2
people in other nonhousehold living situations
Average
gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $39,591.
10 or fewer of this county's residents relocated from other counties between 2005 and 2006.1,000 average adjusted gross income)
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
10 or fewer of this county's residents relocated from other counties in Pennsylvania.
10 or fewer of this county's residents relocated from other states.
5.52% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($30,869 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
5.52% | | Pennsylvania
average: |
5.08% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
2.59% relocated to other counties in Pennsylvania ($14,571 average AGI)
2.93% relocated to other states ($16,298 average AGI)
| Tioga
County: |
2.93% | | Pennsylvania
average: |
2.30% |
Top
counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
| to
Steuben County, NY
|
0.43% ($31,738 average AGI) |
| to
Bradford County, PA
|
0.38% ($25,491) |
| to
Potter County, PA
|
0.36% ($48,667) |
| to
Lycoming County, PA
|
0.28% ($25,905) |
| to
Chemung County, NY
|
0.17% ($20,692) |
| to
Bucks County, PA
|
0.13% ($39,421) |
| to
Lancaster County, PA
|
0.13% ($17,211) |
Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 11.0
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 10.9
Births
per 1000 population in Tioga County |
Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 10.4
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 10.1
Deaths
per 1000 population in Tioga County |
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 7.0
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 6.0
Infant
deaths per 1000 live births in Tioga County |
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 7,855 (6,730 aged, 1,125 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 12%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 10%
Household
type by relationship
Households: 39,490
- In
family households: 33,793 (9,195 male householders, 2,084 female householders)
9,340
spouses, 11,142 children (10,108 natural, 277 adopted, 757 stepchildren), 479 grandchildren, 142 brothers or sisters, 255 parents, 329 other relatives, 827 non-relatives
- In
nonfamily households: 5,697 (2,162 male householders (1,655 living alone)), 2,501 female householders (2,218 living alone)), 1,034 nonrelatives
- In
group quarters: 1,883 (311 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 5,291 2-persons, 2,494 3-persons, 2,177 4-persons, 861 5-persons, 334 6-persons, 122 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 3,873 1-person, 644 2-persons, 77 3-persons, 59 4-persons, 8 5-persons, 2 6-persons.
6,929 married couples with children.
2,007 single-parent households (536 men, 1,471 women).
97.0% of residents of Tioga County speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (70% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 18% speak English not well).
1.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (68% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (55% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 24% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (95% speak English very well, 5% speak English not well). In
fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $275,863,000 ($6592 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $6,568,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $115,851,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $53,910,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $1,822,000
Federal grants: $90,202,000
Federal procurement contracts: $3,496,000 ($681,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $10,582,000 ($1,218,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $6,493,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $5,938,000
Federal Government insurance: $29,408,000
Population
change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 2,314
| Here: |
56 per 1000 residents | | State: | 61
per 1000 residents |
Deaths: 2,122
| Here: |
51 per 1000 residents | | State: | 54
per 1000 residents |
Net international migration: +68
| Here: |
+2 per 1000 residents | | State: | +8
per 1000 residents |
Net internal migration: +63
| Here: |
+2 per 1000 residents | | State: |
-2 per 1000 residents |
Population
growth in Tioga County |
Total
withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 2.37 millions of gallons per day (51% from ground, 49% from surface)
Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Median
number of rooms in apartments:
Year
house built:
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- 1999
to March 2000: 399
- 1995
to 1998: 1,183
- 1990
to 1994: 1,438
- 1980
to 1989: 2,399
- 1970
to 1979: 3,390
- 1960
to 1969: 1,810
- 1950
to 1959: 1,202
- 1940
to 1949: 1,065
- 1939
or earlier: 7,007
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Rooms
in owner-occupied houses in Tioga County, Pennsylvania: |
- 1
room: 24
- 2
rooms: 45
- 3
rooms: 195
- 4
rooms: 1,110
- 5
rooms: 2,389
- 6
rooms: 2,983
- 7
rooms: 2,041
- 8
rooms: 1,640
- 9
or more rooms: 1,698
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Rooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Tioga County, Pennsylvania: |
- 1
room: 95
- 2
rooms: 302
- 3
rooms: 530
- 4
rooms: 818
- 5
rooms: 835
- 6
rooms: 481
- 7
rooms: 320
- 8
rooms: 256
- 9
or more rooms: 163
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Bedrooms
in owner-occupied houses and condos in Tioga County: |
- no
bedroom: 28
- 1
bedroom: 288
- 2
bedrooms: 2,666
- 3
bedrooms: 6,316
- 4
bedrooms: 2,218
- 5
or more bedrooms: 609
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Bedrooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Tioga County: |
- no
bedroom: 124
- 1
bedroom: 867
- 2
bedrooms: 1,331
- 3
bedrooms: 1,055
- 4
bedrooms: 317
- 5
or more bedrooms: 106
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Tioga County in owner-occupied houses/condos:
|
- no
vehicle: 365
- 1
vehicle: 3,535
- 2
vehicles: 5,549
- 3
vehicles: 2,046
- 4
vehicles: 459
- 5
or more vehicles: 171
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Tioga County in renter-occupied apartments
|
- no
vehicle: 572
- 1
vehicle: 1,945
- 2
vehicles: 973
- 3
vehicles: 238
- 4
vehicles: 52
- 5
or more vehicles: 20
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63% of Tioga County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out
of people who lived in different houses, 56% lived in this county.
Out
of people who lived in different counties, 58% lived in Pennsylvania.
| Tioga
County: |
62.7% | | State
average: | 64.4% |
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This
state: 30001
- Northeast:
8079
- Midwest:
813
- South:
1426
- West:
445
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $62,800 Housing
units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 6%
Housing
units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 5%
Most
commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
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- Utility
gas (68%)
- Wood
(12%)
- Fuel
oil, kerosene, etc. (8%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (5%)
- Electricity
(3%)
- Coal
or coke (3%)
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Most
commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
|
- Utility
gas (77%)
- Electricity
(8%)
- Fuel
oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
- Wood
(5%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (3%)
- No
fuel used (1%)
- Coal
or coke (1%)
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Private
vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 336
| Here: |
7.1% | | Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 146
| Here: |
5.8% | | Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undegraduate colleges: 174
| Here: |
6.7% | | Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |
Tioga
County government finances in 2002:
- Charges
- All Other: $1,735,000
- Construction
- Regular Highways: $4,000
- Current
Operations - Welfare - Other: $9,680,000
Health Services - Other: $5,444,000
Corrections - Other: $2,204,000
General - Other: $1,827,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $1,227,000
Financial Administration: $1,039,000
Central Staff Services: $969,000
General Public Buildings: $390,000
Natural Resources - Other: $218,000
Regular Highways: $149,000
Police Protection: $144,000
Libraries: $40,000
Parks & Recreation: $26,000
Protective Inspection and Regulation, NEC: $14,000
- Employee
Retirement - Securities - Corporate Bonds (market): $13,269,000
Total Federal Securities: $4,943,000
Securities - Corporate Bonds (market): $2,594,000
Local Employee Contribution: $900,000
Benefit Payments: $718,000
Total Cash & Deposits: $521,000
Withdrawals: $232,000
From Local Government: $196,000
Total Other Securities: $123,000
Interest Revenue: $-361,000
- Federal
Intergovernmental - General Support: $11,000
- General
- Interest on Debt: $151,000
- Intergovernmental
to Local NEC - Regular Highways: $92,000
- Local
Intergovernmental - Public Welfare: $1,109,000
All Other: $588,000
Health & Hospitals: $326,000
Highways: $21,000
General Support: $19,000
Housing & Community Development: $1,000
- Long
Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $2,515,000
- Long
Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $2,213,000
- Long
Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $302,000
- Miscellaneous
- General Revenue, NEC: $1,497,000
Interest Earnings: $135,000
Rents: $7,000
- Other
Capital Outlay - Central Staff: $146,000
Corrections - Other: $87,000
Police Protection: $40,000
Judicial: $19,000
Financial Administration: $18,000
General - Other: $8,000
General Public Building: $1,000
- Other
Funds - Cash & Deposits: $4,416,000
- State
Intergovernmental - Public Welfare: $7,015,000
Health & Hospitals: $5,659,000
All Other: $1,075,000
Highways: $101,000
General Support: $83,000
- Tax
- Property: $5,947,000
- Total
Salaries & Wages: $10,408,000
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