Rockland township, Berks County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (57% naturalized citizens)
| Rockland township: | 2.1% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
73% of Rockland township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 76% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 70% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3235
- Northeast: 190
- Midwest: 77
- South: 131
- West: 36
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $162,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.5% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,235
- One, attached: 12
- Two: 16
- 3 or 4: 11
- 5 to 9: 8
- Mobile homes: 86
Median worth of mobile homes: $68,500
Housing units in Rockland township with a mortgage: 703 (67 second mortgage, 192 home equity loan, 4 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 239
- Construction (12%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (11%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Health care (14%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Personal and laundry services (3%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Health technologists and technicians (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Art and design workers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Rockland township:
- German (46.6%)
- United States or American (8.1%)
- Pennsylvania German (6.3%)
- Italian (6.1%)
- English (4.8%)
- Irish (4.7%)
- Polish (3.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Korea (21%)
- Germany (20%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (15%)
- Guatemala (15%)
- India (11%)
- Japan (6%)
- Australia (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,732 (87%)
- Carpooled: 142 (7%)
- Motorcycle: 15 (1%)
- Walked: 16 (1%)
- Other means: 6 (0%)
- Worked at home: 70 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (58%)
- Electricity (25%)
- Coal or coke (6%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (5%)
- Wood (4%)
- Other fuel (1%)
92.3% of residents of Rockland township speak English at home.
2.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (77% speak English very well, 23% speak English well).
4.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (82% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 2% speak English not well).
0.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,765- In family households: 3,450 (942 male householders, 162 female householders)
1,000 spouses, 1,202 children (1,154 natural, 21 adopted, 27 stepchildren), 23 grandchildren, 14 brothers or sisters, 25 parents, 26 other relatives, 56 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 315 (135 male householders (89 living alone)), 96 female householders (76 living alone)), 84 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 463 2-persons, 240 3-persons, 269 4-persons, 81 5-persons, 36 6-persons, 15 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 165 1-person, 57 2-persons, 6 3-persons, 3 4-persons,
889 married couples with children.
95 single-parent households (58 men, 37 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 45
| Here: | 8.7% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 36
| Here: | 15.7% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 20
| Here: | 23.5% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |