Hereford township, Berks County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (90% naturalized citizens)
| Hereford township: | 0.9% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
64% of Hereford township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 25% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 83% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2754
- Northeast: 137
- Midwest: 60
- South: 108
- West: 67
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $208,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 7.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 761
- One, attached: 34
- Two: 23
- 3 or 4: 14
- 10 to 19: 15
- Mobile homes: 423
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 7
Median worth of mobile homes: $17,000
Housing units in Hereford township with a mortgage: 352 (36 second mortgage, 61 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 149
- Construction (12%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Chemicals (6%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Health care (12%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (9%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Personal and laundry services (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Hereford township:
- German (40.8%)
- Pennsylvania German (11.8%)
- Irish (9.4%)
- Italian (7.0%)
- English (6.3%)
- United States or American (6.2%)
- Polish (5.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (30%)
- Germany (30%)
- France (10%)
- Poland (10%)
- Australia (10%)
- Honduras (10%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,360 (81%)
- Carpooled: 188 (11%)
- Walked: 29 (2%)
- Other means: 10 (1%)
- Worked at home: 100 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (67%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (15%)
- Electricity (10%)
- Wood (4%)
- Coal or coke (3%)
95.6% of residents of Hereford township speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (79% speak English very well, 21% speak English not well).
3.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (77% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,169- In family households: 2,823 (749 male householders, 161 female householders)
786 spouses, 922 children (857 natural, 23 adopted, 42 stepchildren), 78 grandchildren, 14 brothers or sisters, 8 parents, 31 other relatives, 74 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 346 (169 male householders (122 living alone)), 104 female householders (90 living alone)), 73 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 408 2-persons, 200 3-persons, 180 4-persons, 85 5-persons, 22 6-persons, 15 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 212 1-person, 50 2-persons, 5 3-persons, 6 4-persons,
591 married couples with children.
109 single-parent households (36 men, 73 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 20
| Here: | 5.5% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 18
| Here: | 9.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 12
| Here: | 30.8% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |