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Lower Heidelberg township, Berks County, PA

6,369 Population
14.8 square miles 429.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.2 ±3 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Berks County: 39.9 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$60,829 ±$9,282 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Berks County: $39,012 ±$719
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$121,018 ±$26,495 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Berks County: $77,684 ±$1,522
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

2.8% ±2% (176  ±124) 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)

30.3 minutes ±6.8 (87,700  ±22,558) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Berks County: 25 4,625,355 (±0.4 / ±100,818)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

2,417 ±188 Number of households
  • Berks County: 161,701 ±913
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.6 ±0.2 (6,311  ±22) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Berks County: 2.6 416,342 (±0 / ±216)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

3.9% ±3.5% (56  ±50) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Berks County: 5.5% † 5,329 (±0.6% / ±574)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

2,481 ±176 Number of housing units
  • Berks County: 171,147 ±210
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$398,500 ±$38,572 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Berks County: $239,700 ±$2,406
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

6.4% ±3.6% (407  ±229.2) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Berks County: 10.7% 45,498 (±0.6% / ±2,510.5)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

98.4% ±10.6% (4,368  ±521.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Berks County: 88.4% 259,846 (±1.2% / ±3,555.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
49.8% ±7% (2,209  ±333.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in Berks County: 27.2% 79,881 (±0.7% / ±2,028.6)
  • about 1.4 times 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

4.7% ±3.3% (301  ±213) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Berks County: 8.8% 37,631
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

4% ±2.2% (199  ±106) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Berks County: 5.8% 19,224 (±0.2% / ±794)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
199 Total veterans ±106 185 Male ±104 14 Female ±24

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