Richmond township, Berks County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (59% naturalized citizens)
Richmond township: | 1.3% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
70% of Richmond township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 71% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 72% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3090
- Northeast: 178
- Midwest: 87
- South: 120
- West: 22
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 7.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,086
- One, attached: 85
- Two: 18
- 3 or 4: 46
- 5 to 9: 15
- 10 to 19: 8
- Mobile homes: 241
Median worth of mobile homes: $27,200
Housing units in Richmond township with a mortgage: 506 (23 second mortgage, 102 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 286
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (11%)
- Construction (9%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Health care (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Personal and laundry services (4%)
- Construction (3%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Personal appearance workers (4%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Richmond township:
- German (46.5%)
- United States or American (15.5%)
- Italian (6.6%)
- Polish (5.9%)
- Pennsylvania German (5.8%)
- Irish (4.1%)
- Swiss (2.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (20%)
- Poland (20%)
- Italy (18%)
- Vietnam (11%)
- Cuba (11%)
- El Salvador (11%)
- United Kingdom (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,518 (85%)
- Carpooled: 88 (5%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 6 (0%)
- Bicycle: 5 (0%)
- Walked: 46 (3%)
- Other means: 19 (1%)
- Worked at home: 101 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (67%)
- Electricity (17%)
- Utility gas (6%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (6%)
- Coal or coke (2%)
- Wood (2%)
91.3% of residents of Richmond township speak English at home.
2.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (78% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
5.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (73% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 10% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,553- In family households: 3,033 (833 male householders, 150 female householders)
845 spouses, 1,057 children (1,007 natural, 0 adopted, 50 stepchildren), 20 grandchildren, 15 brothers or sisters, 21 parents, 37 other relatives, 55 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 520 (278 male householders (219 living alone)), 169 female householders (144 living alone)), 73 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 1 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 452 2-persons, 236 3-persons, 190 4-persons, 52 5-persons, 34 6-persons, 19 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 363 1-person, 84 2-persons,
628 married couples with children.
151 single-parent households (59 men, 92 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 87
Here: | 22.1% |
Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 10
Here: | 4.9% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 19
Here: | 16.1% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |