Douglass township, Berks County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (58% naturalized citizens)
| Douglass township: | 2.5% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
69% of Douglass township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 38% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 67% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2737
- Northeast: 189
- Midwest: 50
- South: 196
- West: 56
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $112,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
143 people in unknown juvenile institutions
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,062
- One, attached: 54
- Two: 1
- 3 or 4: 32
- 5 to 9: 26
- 10 to 19: 22
- Mobile homes: 43
Median worth of mobile homes: $80,600
Housing units in Douglass township with a mortgage: 614 (47 second mortgage, 168 home equity loan, 9 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 263
- Construction (20%)
- Metal and metal products (9%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (4%)
- Chemicals (4%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Health care (17%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (4%)
- Pharmacies and drug stores (4%)
- Metal and metal products (3%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (10%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Top executives (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (7%)
- Customer service representatives (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Douglass township:
- German (41.4%)
- Irish (12.1%)
- United States or American (7.6%)
- Pennsylvania German (6.5%)
- Italian (5.7%)
- English (4.8%)
- Polish (3.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (28%)
- Peru (18%)
- Canada (17%)
- Other South Eastern Asia (16%)
- Japan (12%)
- Poland (10%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,437 (87%)
- Carpooled: 129 (8%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 7 (0%)
- Walked: 40 (2%)
- Worked at home: 42 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (72%)
- Electricity (15%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (8%)
- Coal or coke (2%)
- Utility gas (1%)
- Wood (1%)
143 people in unknown juvenile institutions
96.4% of residents of Douglass township speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
3.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (77% speak English very well, 23% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,176- In family households: 2,864 (788 male householders, 145 female householders)
779 spouses, 1,005 children (969 natural, 16 adopted, 20 stepchildren), 47 grandchildren, 6 brothers or sisters, 44 parents, 0 other relatives, 50 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 312 (129 male householders (84 living alone)), 143 female householders (143 living alone)), 40 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 135 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 405 2-persons, 233 3-persons, 183 4-persons, 79 5-persons, 20 6-persons, 13 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 227 1-person, 45 2-persons,
616 married couples with children.
75 single-parent households (24 men, 51 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 19
| Here: | 5.1% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 156
| Here: | 51.5% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 13
| Here: | 30.2% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |