Cumru township, Berks County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 5 (51% naturalized citizens)
| Cumru township: | 4.6% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
65% of Cumru township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 70% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 61% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 11257
- Northeast: 664
- Midwest: 355
- South: 574
- West: 164
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $159,900
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in Cumru township, Pennsylvania:
- 267 people in nursing homes
- 24 people in religious group quarters
- 12 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 3,496
- One, attached: 945
- Two: 80
- 3 or 4: 125
- 5 to 9: 474
- 10 to 19: 402
- 20 to 49: 255
- 50 or more: 314
- Mobile homes: 41
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Cumru township with a mortgage: 2,517 (204 second mortgage, 700 home equity loan, 15 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,286
- Metal and metal products (10%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (9%)
- Construction (9%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Health care (4%)
- Computer and electronic products (3%)
- Educational services (3%)
- Health care (16%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (3%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Business operations specialists (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Engineers (4%)
- Computer specialists (4%)
- Top executives (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Cumru township:
- German (33.7%)
- Italian (14.5%)
- Polish (8.8%)
- Irish (7.1%)
- United States or American (4.4%)
- English (4.1%)
- Pennsylvania German (3.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Italy (13%)
- Brazil (11%)
- Korea (10%)
- United Kingdom (8%)
- Poland (6%)
- Ukraine (6%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 6,312 (88%)
- Carpooled: 558 (8%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 47 (1%)
- Taxi: 11 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 8 (0%)
- Walked: 81 (1%)
- Other means: 33 (0%)
- Worked at home: 148 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (41%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (33%)
- Electricity (21%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
- Wood (1%)
- Coal or coke (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
People in group quarters in Cumru township, Pennsylvania:
- 267 people in nursing homes
- 24 people in religious group quarters
- 12 people in homes for the mentally retarded
93.0% of residents of Cumru township speak English at home.
2.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (42% speak English very well, 35% speak English well, 22% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
3.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (66% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (31% speak English very well, 44% speak English well, 26% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 13,517- In family households: 10,920 (3,378 male householders, 491 female householders)
3,313 spouses, 3,237 children (2,956 natural, 106 adopted, 175 stepchildren), 92 grandchildren, 18 brothers or sisters, 85 parents, 126 other relatives, 180 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 2,597 (884 male householders (599 living alone)), 1,219 female householders (1,113 living alone)), 494 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 305 (268 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 2,026 2-persons, 847 3-persons, 650 4-persons, 229 5-persons, 117 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,712 1-person, 352 2-persons, 25 3-persons, 14 4-persons,
2,036 married couples with children.
439 single-parent households (113 men, 326 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 77
| Here: | 7.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 60
| Here: | 7.9% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 191
| Here: | 34.2% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |