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Maxatawny township, Berks County, PA

7,884 Population
26.1 square miles 302.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

20.7 ±0.4 Median age
  • about half the figure in Berks County: 39.9 ±0.2
  • about half the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2
  • about half the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$20,930 ±$2,882 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in Berks County: $39,815 ±$711
  • about half the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$69,412 ±$29,025 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Berks County: $79,777 ±$1,206
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

16.3% ±8% (607  ±298) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Berks County: 12.2% 51,396 (±0.8% / ±3,143)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

17.6 minutes ±2.2 (41,970  ±8,262) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Berks County: 25.4 4,656,105 (±0.4 / ±91,663)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,364 ±137 Number of households
  • Berks County: 163,236 ±819
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.7 ±0.3 (3,743  ±106) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Berks County: 2.6 419,386 (±0 / ±289)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

0.8% ±0.8% (23  ±23) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Berks County: 5.3% † 5,101 (±0.5% / ±525)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.9% 143,131 (±0.1% / ±3,398)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,460 ±142 Number of housing units
  • Berks County: 171,580 ±199
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$290,000 ±$29,383 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Berks County: $257,300 ±$3,633
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

27.3% ±5.3% (2,149  ±416.8) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Berks County: 10.3% 44,240 (±0.7% / ±2,817.8)
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

85.2% ±8.9% (1,936  ±278.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Berks County: 88.4% 262,321 (±1.2% / ±3,673)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.1% 8,466,554 (±0.3% / ±22,677.1)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
28.7% ±6.5% (652  ±161.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Berks County: 27.7% 82,163 (±0.8% / ±2,238)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.2% 3,231,367 (±0.2% / ±13,722.3)
  • about 80 percent of 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

3.5% ±1.7% (275  ±135) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third 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

2.8% ±1% (193  ±70) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Berks County: 5.6% 18,922 (±0.3% / ±881)
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
193 Total veterans ±70 187 Male ±72 6 Female ±10

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