Tilden township, Berks County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (83% naturalized citizens)
| Tilden township: | 2.9% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
64% of Tilden township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 69% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 56% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3000
- Northeast: 211
- Midwest: 78
- South: 113
- West: 45
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $102,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 7.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
150 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 942
- One, attached: 27
- Two: 26
- 3 or 4: 1
- 5 to 9: 11
- 10 to 19: 9
- Mobile homes: 335
Median worth of mobile homes: $36,100
Housing units in Tilden township with a mortgage: 456 (40 second mortgage, 62 home equity loan, 16 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 173
- Metal and metal products (16%)
- Construction (12%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (6%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Health care (4%)
- Health care (13%)
- Finance and insurance (11%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (3%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (3%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Top executives (4%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (10%)
- Customer service representatives (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Tilden township:
- German (44.3%)
- Pennsylvania German (11.8%)
- United States or American (10.3%)
- Irish (6.5%)
- Polish (5.0%)
- Italian (4.4%)
- English (3.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (24%)
- Philippines (19%)
- Mexico (14%)
- Honduras (14%)
- Italy (11%)
- Ireland (10%)
- Cuba (10%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,598 (86%)
- Carpooled: 119 (6%)
- Walked: 77 (4%)
- Worked at home: 68 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (53%)
- Utility gas (19%)
- Electricity (11%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (7%)
- Coal or coke (6%)
- Wood (4%)
- No fuel used (1%)
150 people in nursing homes
92.0% of residents of Tilden township speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (78% speak English very well, 23% speak English well).
6.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (59% speak English very well, 36% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,436- In family households: 3,062 (922 male householders, 76 female householders)
904 spouses, 1,081 children (1,007 natural, 17 adopted, 57 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 14 brothers or sisters, 26 parents, 9 other relatives, 30 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 374 (200 male householders (145 living alone)), 95 female householders (84 living alone)), 79 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 150 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 410 2-persons, 232 3-persons, 246 4-persons, 84 5-persons, 26 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 229 1-person, 56 2-persons, 10 3-persons,
688 married couples with children.
124 single-parent households (58 men, 66 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 26
| Here: | 6.2% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 26
| Here: | 13.2% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 36
| Here: | 45.6% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |