Maxatawny township, Berks County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (50% naturalized citizens)
Maxatawny township: | 1.7% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
50% of Maxatawny 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, 91% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 5041
- Northeast: 514
- Midwest: 127
- South: 221
- West: 13
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $112,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
2,420 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,091
- One, attached: 43
- Two: 39
- 3 or 4: 36
- 5 to 9: 35
- Mobile homes: 162
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 6
Median worth of mobile homes: $25,600
Housing units in Maxatawny township with a mortgage: 430 (20 second mortgage, 110 home equity loan, 7 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 359
- Educational services (15%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Construction (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Chemicals (3%)
- Metal and metal products (3%)
- Educational services (23%)
- Health care (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Social assistance (3%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (9%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Cashiers (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Waiters and waitresses (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Maxatawny township:
- German (40.7%)
- Irish (8.9%)
- Italian (8.6%)
- United States or American (8.3%)
- Pennsylvania German (6.0%)
- English (3.8%)
- Polish (3.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Other Western Africa (12%)
- United Kingdom (11%)
- Korea (11%)
- Canada (11%)
- Nigeria (10%)
- Jamaica (9%)
- Italy (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,702 (67%)
- Carpooled: 186 (7%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 5 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 2 (0%)
- Bicycle: 32 (1%)
- Walked: 440 (17%)
- Other means: 13 (1%)
- Worked at home: 175 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (64%)
- Electricity (17%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (5%)
- Utility gas (5%)
- Coal or coke (4%)
- Wood (3%)
2,420 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
87.8% of residents of Maxatawny township speak English at home.
2.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (90% speak English very well, 10% speak English well).
9.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (63% speak English very well, 33% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,601- In family households: 3,091 (910 male householders, 104 female householders)
899 spouses, 1,057 children (985 natural, 18 adopted, 54 stepchildren), 27 grandchildren, 16 brothers or sisters, 25 parents, 13 other relatives, 40 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 510 (167 male householders (112 living alone)), 182 female householders (148 living alone)), 161 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 2,431 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 481 2-persons, 206 3-persons, 202 4-persons, 66 5-persons, 32 6-persons, 27 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 260 1-person, 72 2-persons, 9 3-persons, 2 4-persons, 2 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
707 married couples with children.
90 single-parent households (44 men, 46 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 80
Here: | 19.7% |
Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 3
Here: | 1.9% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 187
Here: | 7.3% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |