Upper Tulpehocken township, Berks County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (46% naturalized citizens)
| Upper Tulpehocken township: | 0.9% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
68% of Upper Tulpehocken township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 74% 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: 1371
- Northeast: 54
- Midwest: 42
- South: 30
- West: 9
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 477
- One, attached: 5
- Two: 9
- 3 or 4: 3
- Mobile homes: 84
Median worth of mobile homes: $47,500
Housing units in Upper Tulpehocken township with a mortgage: 193 (11 second mortgage, 33 home equity loan, 3 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 89
- Construction (22%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (12%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Public administration (3%)
- Repair and maintenance (3%)
- Health care (17%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (3%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (5%)
- Carpenters (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Food and beverage serving workers except waiters/waitresses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Upper Tulpehocken township:
- German (54.1%)
- United States or American (12.0%)
- Irish (6.4%)
- Pennsylvania German (4.8%)
- Italian (3.8%)
- English (2.9%)
- Swiss (2.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (23%)
- Germany (15%)
- Romania (15%)
- Philippines (15%)
- Cuba (15%)
- El Salvador (15%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 600 (79%)
- Carpooled: 98 (13%)
- Walked: 22 (3%)
- Other means: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 35 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (63%)
- Electricity (15%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (9%)
- Coal or coke (8%)
- Wood (4%)
92.4% of residents of Upper Tulpehocken township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (83% speak English very well, 17% speak English well).
6.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (87% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 2% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,531- In family households: 1,356 (351 male householders, 46 female householders)
352 spouses, 544 children (495 natural, 2 adopted, 47 stepchildren), 13 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 16 parents, 13 other relatives, 19 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 175 (85 male householders (56 living alone)), 53 female householders (44 living alone)), 37 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 153 2-persons, 94 3-persons, 82 4-persons, 33 5-persons, 20 6-persons, 15 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 100 1-person, 36 2-persons, 2 3-persons,
350 married couples with children.
56 single-parent households (37 men, 19 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 41
| Here: | 18.6% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 13
| Here: | 18.3% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 9
| Here: | 25.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |