South Heidelberg township, Berks County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (62% naturalized citizens)
| South Heidelberg township: | 2.0% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
61% of South Heidelberg township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 62% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 44% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 4173
- Northeast: 552
- Midwest: 192
- South: 337
- West: 97
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $111,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.7%
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
People in group quarters in South Heidelberg township, Pennsylvania:
- 153 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 91 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 68 people in hospitals or wards for drug/alcohol abuse
- 20 people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
- 20 people in hospices or homes for chronically ill
- 10 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 2 people in other nonhousehold living situations
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,567
- One, attached: 188
- Two: 26
- 3 or 4: 11
- 5 to 9: 50
- 10 to 19: 25
- Mobile homes: 160
Median worth of mobile homes: $19,300
Housing units in South Heidelberg township with a mortgage: 1,124 (119 second mortgage, 245 home equity loan, 7 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 361
- Construction (8%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Computer and electronic products (5%)
- Utilities (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Finance and insurance (16%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Health care (14%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (4%)
- Utilities (3%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other financial specialists (5%)
- Customer service representatives (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in South Heidelberg township:
- German (41.9%)
- Irish (10.1%)
- Italian (7.0%)
- United States or American (5.0%)
- English (5.0%)
- Polish (4.6%)
- Pennsylvania German (3.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (46%)
- Canada (26%)
- Italy (15%)
- Australia (6%)
- Haiti (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,317 (86%)
- Carpooled: 226 (8%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 26 (1%)
- Walked: 13 (0%)
- Other means: 8 (0%)
- Worked at home: 97 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (45%)
- Electricity (24%)
- Utility gas (21%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%)
- Wood (3%)
- Coal or coke (2%)
People in group quarters in South Heidelberg township, Pennsylvania:
- 153 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 91 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 68 people in hospitals or wards for drug/alcohol abuse
- 20 people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
- 20 people in hospices or homes for chronically ill
- 10 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 2 people in other nonhousehold living situations
95.5% of residents of South Heidelberg township speak English at home.
2.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (79% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 7% don't speak English at all).
2.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (76% speak English very well, 5% speak English well, 19% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 5,146- In family households: 4,601 (1,391 male householders, 115 female householders)
1,451 spouses, 1,484 children (1,409 natural, 52 adopted, 23 stepchildren), 29 grandchildren, 9 brothers or sisters, 31 parents, 42 other relatives, 49 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 545 (202 male householders (143 living alone)), 233 female householders (198 living alone)), 110 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 345 (87 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 659 2-persons, 334 3-persons, 337 4-persons, 134 5-persons, 30 6-persons, 12 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 341 1-person, 78 2-persons, 8 3-persons, 8 4-persons,
1,139 married couples with children.
106 single-parent households (26 men, 80 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 72
| Here: | 10.1% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 18
| Here: | 5.7% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 37
| Here: | 34.6% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |