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Berks County, PA

430,449 Population
856.4 square miles 502.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.9 ±0.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$37,723 ±$1,215 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $41,489 ±$312
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $41,804 ±$92
$72,070 ±$2,491 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Pennsylvania: $71,798 ±$557
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $74,755 ±$148

10.9% ±1.3% (45,445  ±5,406) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,483,365 (±0.3% / ±39,129)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,951,624 (±0.1% / ±260,310)

25.3 minutes ±1 (4,732,480  ±231,115) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.4 140,389,840 (±0.2 / ±1,296,076)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,591,156,000 (±0 / ±7,204,853)

Families

162,183 ±1,895 Number of households
  • Pennsylvania: 5,294,065 ±14,260
  • United States: 129,870,930 ±136,261
2.6 ±0 (417,156  ±307) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,540,001
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 325,134,660

4.5% ±1.2% (4,302  ±1,126) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.2% 149,542 (±0.3% / ±7,113)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,036,894 (±0.1% / ±36,689)

Housing

171,717 ±131 Number of housing units
  • Pennsylvania: 5,815,191 ±386
  • United States: 143,772,900 ±7,466

$248,200 ±$6,982 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Pennsylvania: $245,500 ±$1,392
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $320,900 ±$622

10.1% ±1.3% (42,953  ±5,366.5) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,378,990 (±0.2% / ±30,921.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.6% 41,404,691 (±0.1% / ±,187,841.9)

Social

88.9% ±2.5% (262,186  ±7,503.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.2% 8,436,634 (±0.5% / ±46,126.2)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 205,882,074 (±0.1% / ±,272,504.5)
27.3% ±1.4% (80,567  ±4,117.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.1% 3,209,693 (±0.3% / ±27,947)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 35.7% 81,908,335 (±0.1% / ±,175,321.9)

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

9% (38,900  ±3,717) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.5% 978,173
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,182,176

5.1% ±0.6% (17,163  ±1,875) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.2% 638,436 (±0.1% / ±10,651)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,200,322 (±0% / ±70,866)
17,163 Total veterans ±1,875 15,819 Male ±1,700 1,344 Female ±573

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