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Bern township, Berks County, PA

6,705 Population
19.3 square miles 346.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

53.4 ±5.3 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Berks County: 39.9 ±0.2
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$44,764 ±$5,007 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Berks County: $39,012 ±$719
  • a little higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$99,167 ±$30,617 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Berks County: $77,684 ±$1,522
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

2.7% ±1.7% (147  ±90) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Berks County: 11.7% 48,747 (±0.7% / ±2,973)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

24.9 minutes ±2.9 (57,265  ±9,520) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Berks County: 25 4,625,355 (±0.4 / ±100,818)
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

2,426 ±239 Number of households
  • Berks County: 161,701 ±913
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.2 ±0.2 (5,366  ±78) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Berks County: 2.6 416,342 (±0 / ±216)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

2.5% ±3.8% (22  ±33) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Berks County: 5.5% † 5,329 (±0.6% / ±574)
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

2,452 ±240 Number of housing units
  • Berks County: 171,147 ±210
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$300,500 ±$35,341 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Berks County: $239,700 ±$2,406
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

15.3% ±3.9% (1,026  ±262.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Berks County: 10.7% 45,498 (±0.6% / ±2,510.5)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

93.8% ±11% (5,240  ±664) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Berks County: 88.4% 259,846 (±1.2% / ±3,555.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
33.4% ±5.9% (1,865  ±342.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Berks County: 27.2% 79,881 (±0.7% / ±2,028.6)
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 34.5% 3,157,318 (±0.2% / ±14,182.6)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

2.6% ±1.4% (177  ±91) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Berks County: 8.8% 37,631
  • about one-third of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

7.6% ±2.9% (449  ±171) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Berks County: 5.8% 19,224 (±0.2% / ±794)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
449 Total veterans ±171 417 Male ±166 32 Female ±47

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