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Lower Heidelberg township, Berks County, PA

6,507 Population
14.8 square miles 438.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.9 ±2.6 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 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$69,414 ±$11,352 Per capita income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Berks County: $39,815 ±$711
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$123,476 ±$23,547 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Berks County: $79,777 ±$1,206
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

1.8% ±1.6% (117  ±106) Persons below poverty line
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Berks County: 12.2% 51,396 (±0.8% / ±3,143)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

31.2 minutes ±6.3 (91,925  ±21,750) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Berks County: 25.4 4,656,105 (±0.4 / ±91,663)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,443 ±220 Number of households
  • Berks County: 163,236 ±819
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.2 (6,439  ±41) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Berks County: 2.6 419,386 (±0 / ±289)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.5% ±3.4% (49  ±48) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Berks County: 5.3% † 5,101 (±0.5% / ±525)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.9% 143,131 (±0.1% / ±3,398)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,507 ±205 Number of housing units
  • Berks County: 171,580 ±199
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$422,100 ±$43,425 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Berks County: $257,300 ±$3,633
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6% ±3.2% (388  ±207.9) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Berks County: 10.3% 44,240 (±0.7% / ±2,817.8)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

98.9% ±10.6% (4,421  ±526.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Berks County: 88.4% 262,321 (±1.2% / ±3,673)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.1% 8,466,554 (±0.3% / ±22,677.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
53.8% ±6.8% (2,404  ±327) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in Berks County: 27.7% 82,163 (±0.8% / ±2,238)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.2% 3,231,367 (±0.2% / ±13,722.3)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

4% ±2.7% (257  ±173) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Berks County: 9.7% 42,175
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.3% ±2.4% (255  ±116) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Berks County: 5.6% 18,922 (±0.3% / ±881)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
255 Total veterans ±116 234 Male ±106 21 Female ±33

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