Spring township, Berks County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (64% naturalized citizens)
| Spring township: | 4.0% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
62% of Spring township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 72% 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: 17020
- Northeast: 1806
- Midwest: 498
- South: 1050
- West: 377
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $72,700
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Spring township, Pennsylvania:
- 250 people in nursing homes
- 8 people in religious group quarters
- 4 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 5,895
- One, attached: 1,604
- Two: 183
- 3 or 4: 204
- 5 to 9: 350
- 10 to 19: 390
- 20 to 49: 144
- 50 or more: 184
- Mobile homes: 41
Median worth of mobile homes: $25,200
Housing units in Spring township with a mortgage: 4,379 (337 second mortgage, 927 home equity loan, 22 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2,086
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Construction (7%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Utilities (4%)
- Health care (4%)
- Health care (19%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Social assistance (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Engineers (4%)
- Top executives (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Spring township:
- German (35.5%)
- Italian (11.1%)
- Irish (9.2%)
- Polish (7.3%)
- United States or American (6.5%)
- English (5.3%)
- Pennsylvania German (2.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- India (22%)
- Germany (10%)
- Italy (8%)
- Poland (6%)
- United Kingdom (6%)
- Russia (5%)
- Africa, n.e.c. (3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 10,016 (90%)
- Carpooled: 533 (5%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 111 (1%)
- Railroad: 9 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 9 (0%)
- Bicycle: 18 (0%)
- Walked: 132 (1%)
- Other means: 12 (0%)
- Worked at home: 299 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (57%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (25%)
- Electricity (17%)
- Other fuel (1%)
People in group quarters in Spring township, Pennsylvania:
- 250 people in nursing homes
- 8 people in religious group quarters
- 4 people in homes for the mentally retarded
93.0% of residents of Spring township speak English at home.
2.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (78% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 3% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
3.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (79% speak English very well, 21% speak English well).
1.0% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (36% speak English very well, 43% speak English well, 17% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (67% speak English very well, 33% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 21,541- In family households: 18,520 (5,323 male householders, 952 female householders)
5,444 spouses, 6,059 children (5,684 natural, 160 adopted, 215 stepchildren), 212 grandchildren, 63 brothers or sisters, 92 parents, 127 other relatives, 248 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 3,021 (1,066 male householders (800 living alone)), 1,413 female householders (1,262 living alone)), 542 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 264 (252 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 2,943 2-persons, 1,422 3-persons, 1,316 4-persons, 422 5-persons, 138 6-persons, 34 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 2,062 1-person, 337 2-persons, 49 3-persons, 31 4-persons,
4,042 married couples with children.
828 single-parent households (213 men, 615 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 168
| Here: | 7.1% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 89
| Here: | 7.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 183
| Here: | 26.7% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |