Lower Heidelberg township, Berks County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 5 (45% naturalized citizens)
| Lower Heidelberg township: | 4.9% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
55% of Lower Heidelberg township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 64% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 34% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3204
- Northeast: 249
- Midwest: 225
- South: 291
- West: 99
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $275,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
51 people in nursing homes
28 people in religious group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,065
- One, attached: 186
- Two: 7
- 3 or 4: 29
- 50 or more: 207
- Mobile homes: 81
Median worth of mobile homes: $17,500
Housing units in Lower Heidelberg township with a mortgage: 845 (80 second mortgage, 159 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 250
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (9%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (6%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Construction (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (4%)
- Utilities (4%)
- Health care (23%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Computer and electronic products (7%)
- Personal and laundry services (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Top executives (7%)
- Operations specialties managers except financial managers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Advertising, marketing, promotions, public relations, and sales managers (4%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Business operations specialists (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Lower Heidelberg township:
- German (38.6%)
- Irish (10.3%)
- English (7.9%)
- United States or American (7.1%)
- Polish (6.5%)
- Italian (6.0%)
- Pennsylvania German (4.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Italy (20%)
- India (20%)
- Germany (14%)
- Poland (9%)
- Australia (8%)
- United Kingdom (7%)
- Korea (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,616 (89%)
- Carpooled: 66 (4%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 14 (1%)
- Walked: 26 (1%)
- Worked at home: 85 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (49%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (28%)
- Electricity (19%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)
- Coal or coke (1%)
- Wood (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
51 people in nursing homes
28 people in religious group quarters
92.5% of residents of Lower Heidelberg township speak English at home.
2.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (88% speak English very well, 7% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
5.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (62% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 8% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,073- In family households: 3,706 (955 male householders, 205 female householders)
968 spouses, 1,345 children (1,245 natural, 37 adopted, 63 stepchildren), 28 grandchildren, 46 brothers or sisters, 68 parents, 48 other relatives, 43 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 367 (149 male householders (107 living alone)), 173 female householders (173 living alone)), 45 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 227 (149 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 507 2-persons, 219 3-persons, 277 4-persons, 102 5-persons, 32 6-persons, 23 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 280 1-person, 42 2-persons,
961 married couples with children.
88 single-parent households (23 men, 65 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 90
| Here: | 16.4% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 47
| Here: | 19.2% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 71
| Here: | 49.7% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |