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Tioga County, PA

Demographic and economic profile of Tioga County, PA, sourced from the US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) via Data USA.

AI Overview

Tioga County is a small rural Pennsylvania county of 41,078 residents with a labor force participation rate of 56.7% and a workforce where 92.0% hold a high school diploma but only 21.5% have a bachelor's degree or higher, reflecting a predominantly blue-collar employment base with median worker earnings of $37,726. Housing costs are low, with a median home value of $176,000 and median gross rent of $850 per month supporting a 77.4% homeownership rate, while a median household income of $64,899 and poverty rate of 11.8% round out a modest but stable economic picture. The county's population has edged down 0.4% over five years, the median age sits at 45.1, and an unemployment rate of 4.7% reflects a small, slowly contracting labor pool.

Claude Sonnet 4.6 · generated Jul 6, 2026 · derived from cached Census, BEA & ACS data on this page

Population

41,078

Census ACS · as of 2023

Median Household Income

$64,899

Data USA · as of 2024

Median Age

45.1 yrs

Data USA · as of 2024

Population Growth (5-year)

-0.4% since 2018

Tioga County lost population at this rate over the prior 5-year ACS5 window.

Demographics

Race & Ethnicity

  • White Alone39,174 (95.7%)
  • Two Races Excluding Some Other Race, & Three or More Races679 (1.7%)
  • Two Races Including Some Other Race435 (1.1%)
  • Black or African American Alone336 (0.8%)
  • Asian Alone156 (0.4%)
  • Some Other Race Alone140 (0.3%)

Data USA · as of 2024

Top Languages Spoken at Home

  1. 1.Spanish275
  2. 2.German or other West Germanic182
  3. 3.Chinese (incl. Mandarin, Cantonese)172
  4. 4.French (incl. Cajun, Haitian)61
  5. 5.Other Indo-European58

Census ACS · as of 2023

Population Under 18

19.7%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Working-Age (18–64)

57.3%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Population 65 and Over

23.0%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Foreign-Born Population

1.4%

Data USA · as of 2024

Veterans

3,328

Data USA · as of 2024

Economy

GDP per Capita

$44,422

Data USA · as of 2023

Cost of Living Index

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Per Capita Income

$32,785

Census ACS · as of 2023

Unemployment Rate

4.7%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Poverty Rate

11.8%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Top Industries

  1. 1.Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance4,474
  2. 2.Manufacturing (Group)2,975
  3. 3.Retail Trade (Group)2,188
  4. 4.Arts, Entertainment, & Recreation, & Accommodation & Food Services1,516
  5. 5.Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities1,335

Data USA · as of 2024

Top Occupations

  1. 1.Management, Business, Science, & Arts Occupations6,009
  2. 2.Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations3,976
  3. 3.Sales & Office Occupations3,166
  4. 4.Service Occupations3,124
  5. 5.Natural Resources, Construction, & Maintenance Occupations2,101

Data USA · as of 2024

Specialized Industries (Location Quotient)

  1. 1.Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting, & Mining (LQ 3.12×)915
  2. 2.Manufacturing (LQ 1.64×)2,996
  3. 3.Transportation, Warehousing, & Utilities (LQ 1.09×)1,172
  4. 4.Educational Services & Health Care (LQ 1.07×)4,586
  5. 5.Retail Trade (LQ 1.04×)2,072

Census ACS · as of 2023

Housing

Median Home Value

$176,000

Census ACS · as of 2023

Median Gross Rent

$850/mo

Census ACS · as of 2023

Homeownership Rate

77.4%

Data USA · as of 2024

Home Value Distribution

  • $300,000 to $399,9991,476 (11.4%)
  • $200,000 to $249,9991,470 (11.4%)
  • $150,000 to $174,9991,379 (10.7%)
  • $250,000 to $299,9991,354 (10.5%)
  • $100,000 to $124,9991,175 (9.1%)
  • $175,000 to $199,999893 (6.9%)

Data USA · as of 2024

Education

Bachelor's Degree or Higher

21.5%

Census ACS · as of 2023

High School Diploma or Higher

92.0%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Workforce

Labor Force Participation

56.7%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Median Worker Earnings

$37,726

Census ACS · as of 2023

Mean Commute Time

24.4 min

Data USA · as of 2024

Households Without a Vehicle

5.5%

Census ACS · as of 2023

How People Get to Work

  • Drove Alone14,191 (78.5%)
  • Carpooled1,455 (8.1%)
  • Worked At Home1,405 (7.8%)
  • Walked770 (4.3%)
  • Public Transit101 (0.6%)
  • Other96 (0.5%)

Data USA · as of 2024

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Data: US Census Bureau American Community Survey, served via Data USA and the Census Bureau API. See each metric tile for the specific dataset.