Bethel township, Berks County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (39% naturalized citizens)
| Bethel township: | 1.7% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
72% of Bethel township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 44% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 88% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3646
- Northeast: 250
- Midwest: 43
- South: 109
- West: 24
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,300
- One, attached: 32
- Two: 38
- 3 or 4: 22
- 5 to 9: 22
- 10 to 19: 6
- 50 or more: 7
- Mobile homes: 124
Median worth of mobile homes: $45,100
Housing units in Bethel township with a mortgage: 508 (60 second mortgage, 106 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 277
- Construction (15%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Truck transportation (7%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Educational services (3%)
- Accommodation and food services (14%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Health care (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Food (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (11%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Carpenters (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Waiters and waitresses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Bethel township:
- German (46.3%)
- United States or American (15.9%)
- Swiss (6.2%)
- Pennsylvania German (5.3%)
- English (5.0%)
- Polish (3.0%)
- Italian (3.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (28%)
- Canada (24%)
- Dominican Republic (14%)
- Yugoslavia (10%)
- Netherlands (8%)
- Romania (8%)
- Germany (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,763 (83%)
- Carpooled: 161 (8%)
- Bicycle: 6 (0%)
- Walked: 81 (4%)
- Other means: 16 (1%)
- Worked at home: 109 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (65%)
- Electricity (16%)
- Wood (7%)
- Coal or coke (6%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)
- Utility gas (2%)
93.3% of residents of Bethel township speak English at home.
1.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (28% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 18% speak English not well, 34% don't speak English at all).
5.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (58% speak English very well, 38% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,166- In family households: 3,790 (1,049 male householders, 117 female householders)
1,064 spouses, 1,425 children (1,305 natural, 28 adopted, 92 stepchildren), 7 grandchildren, 16 brothers or sisters, 7 parents, 26 other relatives, 79 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 376 (153 male householders (118 living alone)), 154 female householders (138 living alone)), 69 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 452 2-persons, 266 3-persons, 246 4-persons, 115 5-persons, 51 6-persons, 36 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 256 1-person, 46 2-persons, 5 4-persons,
923 married couples with children.
131 single-parent households (53 men, 78 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 181
| Here: | 34.9% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 16
| Here: | 7.7% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 15
| Here: | 28.8% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |