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Berks County, PA

432,821 Population
856.4 square miles 505.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.5 ±0.4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 41.1 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$37,366 ±$1,363 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $42,605 ±$319
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$75,675 ±$2,808 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $73,824 ±$511
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

12.3% ±1.6% (51,476  ±6,675) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 12% 1,500,959 (±0.3% / ±35,821)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

26 minutes ±1 (4,880,565  ±222,728) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.5 143,170,690 (±0.2 / ±1,207,617)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

163,307 ±1,727 Number of households
  • Pennsylvania: 5,324,209 ±13,443
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.6 ±0 (418,351  ±595) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,527,719
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

6.2% ±1.3% (6,060  ±1,274) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.2% 149,597 (±0.3% / ±7,546)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

172,010 ±245 Number of housing units
  • Pennsylvania: 5,839,797 ±484
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$261,200 ±$8,042 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Pennsylvania: $259,900 ±$1,736
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

9.3% ±1.3% (39,882  ±5,659.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.6% 1,355,260 (±0.2% / ±31,094.2)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

87.8% ±2.5% (260,774  ±7,419.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.2% 8,455,035 (±0.5% / ±43,404.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
26.9% ±1.4% (80,004  ±4,190.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.3% 3,241,343 (±0.3% / ±27,591.6)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

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

10.5% (45,343  ±4,320) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 8% 1,031,320
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

5.5% ±0.6% (18,663  ±1,926) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.9% 614,022 (±0.1% / ±10,859)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
18,663 Total veterans ±1,926 16,739 Male ±1,701 1,924 Female ±831

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