Greenwich township, Berks County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (78% naturalized citizens)
Greenwich township: | 1.9% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
70% of Greenwich 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, 90% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2881
- Northeast: 247
- Midwest: 58
- South: 94
- West: 28
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $80,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.3%
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
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 928
- One, attached: 40
- Two: 22
- 3 or 4: 13
- 5 to 9: 16
- Mobile homes: 309
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 4
Median worth of mobile homes: $19,600
Housing units in Greenwich township with a mortgage: 404 (44 second mortgage, 106 home equity loan, 9 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 181
- Construction (12%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (8%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Health care (22%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
- Chemicals (3%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (10%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
- Waiters and waitresses (4%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Greenwich township:
- German (49.2%)
- Pennsylvania German (9.3%)
- Italian (5.4%)
- United States or American (5.4%)
- English (5.0%)
- Irish (4.4%)
- Polish (3.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (18%)
- Korea (14%)
- Czechoslovakia (includes Czech Republic and Slovakia) (12%)
- Lebanon (12%)
- United Kingdom (11%)
- Hungary (6%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,606 (85%)
- Carpooled: 155 (8%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 7 (0%)
- Walked: 31 (2%)
- Other means: 5 (0%)
- Worked at home: 94 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (52%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (20%)
- Electricity (15%)
- Coal or coke (7%)
- Wood (5%)
92.6% of residents of Greenwich township speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (76% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 9% speak English not well).
5.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (75% speak English very well, 25% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,386- In family households: 2,993 (810 male householders, 145 female householders)
838 spouses, 1,009 children (936 natural, 37 adopted, 36 stepchildren), 60 grandchildren, 20 brothers or sisters, 29 parents, 28 other relatives, 54 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 393 (210 male householders (138 living alone)), 85 female householders (69 living alone)), 98 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 417 2-persons, 202 3-persons, 202 4-persons, 90 5-persons, 37 6-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 207 1-person, 79 2-persons, 4 3-persons, 5 4-persons,
687 married couples with children.
116 single-parent households (58 men, 58 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 3
Here: | 0.7% |
Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 22
Here: | 23.7% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |