Heidelberg township, Berks County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (48% naturalized citizens)
| Heidelberg township: | 1.5% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
73% of Heidelberg township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 59% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 76% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1466
- Northeast: 63
- Midwest: 16
- South: 37
- West: 23
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $120,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
90 people in homes for abused, dependent, and neglected children
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 531
- One, attached: 21
- Two: 15
- 3 or 4: 19
- 5 to 9: 14
- Mobile homes: 13
Median worth of mobile homes: $33,800
Housing units in Heidelberg township with a mortgage: 260 (14 second mortgage, 67 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 161
- Construction (12%)
- Metal and metal products (10%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Health care (4%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Finance and insurance (3%)
- Health care (25%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Utilities (4%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Heidelberg township:
- German (53.1%)
- United States or American (11.1%)
- Irish (6.2%)
- English (4.4%)
- Italian (4.2%)
- Pennsylvania German (3.8%)
- Welsh (2.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (52%)
- Other Eastern Europe (24%)
- United Kingdom (8%)
- Austria (8%)
- Russia (8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 671 (85%)
- Carpooled: 57 (7%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 4 (1%)
- Walked: 10 (1%)
- Other means: 6 (1%)
- Worked at home: 45 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (47%)
- Electricity (38%)
- Coal or coke (5%)
- Wood (4%)
- Utility gas (3%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)
90 people in homes for abused, dependent, and neglected children
94.9% of residents of Heidelberg township speak English at home.
0.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
4.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (79% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,546- In family households: 1,393 (428 male householders, 37 female householders)
424 spouses, 450 children (425 natural, 7 adopted, 18 stepchildren), 12 grandchildren, 6 brothers or sisters, 12 parents, 12 other relatives, 12 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 153 (59 male householders (48 living alone)), 69 female householders (59 living alone)), 25 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 90 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 222 2-persons, 101 3-persons, 87 4-persons, 38 5-persons, 5 6-persons, 12 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 107 1-person, 19 2-persons, 2 3-persons,
328 married couples with children.
26 single-parent households (10 men, 16 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 43
| Here: | 22.1% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 5
| Here: | 4.2% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 12
| Here: | 32.4% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |