Bern township, Berks County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (34% naturalized citizens)
| Bern township: | 4.2% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
59% of Bern township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 69% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 74% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 6020
- Northeast: 139
- Midwest: 116
- South: 56
- West: 45
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in Bern township, Pennsylvania:
- 1,149 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 555 people in nursing homes
- 103 people in unknown juvenile institutions
- 95 people in homes for the mentally ill
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,832
- One, attached: 28
- Two: 21
- 3 or 4: 43
- 5 to 9: 11
- Mobile homes: 29
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Bern township with a mortgage: 880 (37 second mortgage, 146 home equity loan, 9 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 660
- Metal and metal products (10%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Construction (6%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
- Chemicals (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Health care (19%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Finance and insurance (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Metal and metal products (3%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (3%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (3%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Bern township:
- German (51.4%)
- Irish (6.1%)
- Italian (5.9%)
- United States or American (5.0%)
- Polish (4.5%)
- English (4.3%)
- Romanian (2.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Romania (27%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (26%)
- El Salvador (19%)
- Korea (14%)
- Barbados (13%)
- Germany (1%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,405 (88%)
- Carpooled: 205 (8%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 15 (1%)
- Bicycle: 11 (0%)
- Walked: 13 (0%)
- Worked at home: 71 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (54%)
- Electricity (23%)
- Utility gas (19%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%)
- Coal or coke (1%)
People in group quarters in Bern township, Pennsylvania:
- 1,149 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 555 people in nursing homes
- 103 people in unknown juvenile institutions
- 95 people in homes for the mentally ill
93.2% of residents of Bern township speak English at home.
2.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (74% speak English very well, 5% speak English well, 21% speak English not well).
2.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
1.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (62% speak English very well, 38% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,875- In family households: 4,323 (1,278 male householders, 200 female householders)
1,212 spouses, 1,439 children (1,330 natural, 32 adopted, 77 stepchildren), 81 grandchildren, 7 brothers or sisters, 12 parents, 31 other relatives, 63 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 552 (217 male householders (153 living alone)), 213 female householders (186 living alone)), 122 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 1,882 (1,536 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 756 2-persons, 310 3-persons, 274 4-persons, 100 5-persons, 33 6-persons, 5 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 339 1-person, 73 2-persons, 18 4-persons,
833 married couples with children.
102 single-parent households (31 men, 71 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 64
| Here: | 11.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 172
| Here: | 32.8% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 30
| Here: | 24.4% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |