Pike township, Berks County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (80% naturalized citizens)
Pike township: | 2.1% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
78% of Pike township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 58% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 82% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1493
- Northeast: 72
- Midwest: 31
- South: 33
- West: 7
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.5% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 584
- One, attached: 8
- Two: 3
- Mobile homes: 29
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 3
Median worth of mobile homes: $76,400
Housing units in Pike township with a mortgage: 283 (15 second mortgage, 54 home equity loan, 3 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 115
- Construction (20%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Chemicals (8%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (4%)
- Transportation equipment (3%)
- Truck transportation (3%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Health care (8%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Engineers (3%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Pike township:
- German (40.1%)
- Irish (13.1%)
- Pennsylvania German (7.8%)
- United States or American (7.1%)
- Italian (6.0%)
- Dutch (3.8%)
- English (3.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (34%)
- Romania (17%)
- United Kingdom (11%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (9%)
- Korea (9%)
- Peru (9%)
- Italy (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 776 (85%)
- Carpooled: 75 (8%)
- Motorcycle: 3 (0%)
- Walked: 9 (1%)
- Other means: 5 (1%)
- Worked at home: 42 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (64%)
- Electricity (16%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (10%)
- Wood (9%)
- Coal or coke (2%)
93.6% of residents of Pike township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (56% speak English very well, 31% speak English well, 13% speak English not well).
5.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (81% speak English very well, 8% speak English well, 11% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,677- In family households: 1,523 (436 male householders, 46 female householders)
447 spouses, 535 children (493 natural, 23 adopted, 19 stepchildren), 25 grandchildren, 11 brothers or sisters, 1 parents, 10 other relatives, 12 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 154 (85 male householders (62 living alone)), 39 female householders (35 living alone)), 30 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 180 2-persons, 124 3-persons, 116 4-persons, 47 5-persons, 10 6-persons, 5 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 97 1-person, 25 2-persons, 2 3-persons,
392 married couples with children.
33 single-parent households (16 men, 17 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 21
Here: | 9.4% |
Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 1
Here: | 0.9% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 8
Here: | 23.5% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |