Ontelaunee township, Berks County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (55% naturalized citizens)
| Ontelaunee township: | 2.5% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
76% of Ontelaunee township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 82% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 48% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1109
- Northeast: 24
- Midwest: 23
- South: 18
- West: 13
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $131,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 7.6%
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
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 456
- One, attached: 18
- Two: 8
- 3 or 4: 4
- 5 to 9: 24
- 10 to 19: 3
- Mobile homes: 44
Median worth of mobile homes: $52,100
Housing units in Ontelaunee township with a mortgage: 199 (21 second mortgage, 39 home equity loan, 3 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 161
- Metal and metal products (10%)
- Computer and electronic products (7%)
- Construction (6%)
- Food (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (5%)
- Health care (16%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Other direct selling establishments (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Customer service representatives (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Ontelaunee township:
- German (51.1%)
- United States or American (7.7%)
- Pennsylvania German (5.1%)
- Polish (5.0%)
- Italian (4.9%)
- Irish (4.6%)
- English (3.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (32%)
- Germany (29%)
- Philippines (16%)
- Vietnam (16%)
- Canada (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 567 (88%)
- Carpooled: 41 (6%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
- Bicycle: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 7 (1%)
- Other means: 4 (1%)
- Worked at home: 21 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (74%)
- Electricity (17%)
- Utility gas (4%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)
- No fuel used (1%)
- Coal or coke (1%)
94.1% of residents of Ontelaunee township speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (35% speak English very well, 35% speak English well, 30% speak English not well).
2.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (85% speak English very well, 15% speak English not well).
1.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (69% speak English very well, 31% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,221- In family households: 1,036 (307 male householders, 50 female householders)
304 spouses, 319 children (301 natural, 5 adopted, 13 stepchildren), 16 grandchildren, 8 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 2 other relatives, 26 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 185 (71 male householders (58 living alone)), 81 female householders (66 living alone)), 33 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 195 2-persons, 70 3-persons, 55 4-persons, 32 5-persons, 5 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 124 1-person, 25 2-persons, 3 3-persons,
156 married couples with children.
35 single-parent households (20 men, 15 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 8
| Here: | 6.4% |
| 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: 9
| Here: | 30.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |