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Muhlenberg township, Berks County, PA

22,127 Population
11.8 square miles 1,875.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.3 ±2 Median age
  • a little 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

$40,745 ±$2,986 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Berks County: $39,815 ±$711
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$88,069 ±$6,561 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Berks County: $79,777 ±$1,206
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

7.6% ±2.3% (1,638  ±491) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Berks County: 12.2% 51,396 (±0.8% / ±3,143)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.7 minutes ±2 (233,660  ±24,874) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Berks County: 25.4 4,656,105 (±0.4 / ±91,663)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

8,427 ±399 Number of households
  • Berks County: 163,236 ±819
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.1 (21,775  ±35) Persons per household
  • about the same as 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
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5% ±3% (237  ±140) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Berks County: 5.3% † 5,101 (±0.5% / ±525)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.9% 143,131 (±0.1% / ±3,398)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

8,836 ±386 Number of housing units
  • Berks County: 171,580 ±199
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$233,300 ±$11,225 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Berks County: $257,300 ±$3,633
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.7% ±2.9% (2,336  ±626.5) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Berks County: 10.3% 44,240 (±0.7% / ±2,817.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90.1% ±5.6% (14,188  ±968.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Berks County: 88.4% 262,321 (±1.2% / ±3,673)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.1% 8,466,554 (±0.3% / ±22,677.1)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
26% ±3.9% (4,099  ±631.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Berks County: 27.7% 82,163 (±0.8% / ±2,238)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.2% 3,231,367 (±0.2% / ±13,722.3)
  • about three-quarters 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

14% ±3.1% (3,086  ±695) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Berks County: 9.7% 42,175
  • nearly double the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.3% ±1.5% (1,275  ±255) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Berks County: 5.6% 18,922 (±0.3% / ±881)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,275 Total veterans ±255 1,234 Male ±244 41 Female ±43

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