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Bethel township, Berks County, PA

4,092 Population
42.2 square miles 96.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.3 ±8.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Berks County: 39.9 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$37,249 ±$5,748 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Berks County: $39,815 ±$711
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$93,958 ±$41,912 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Berks County: $79,777 ±$1,206
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

8.4% ±7.8% (345  ±319) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Berks County: 12.2% 51,396 (±0.8% / ±3,143)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

27 minutes ±5.2 (54,835  ±12,622) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Berks County: 25.4 4,656,105 (±0.4 / ±91,663)
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,292 ±262 Number of households
  • Berks County: 163,236 ±819
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
3.2 ±0.6 (4,092  ±17) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Berks County: 2.6 419,386 (±0 / ±289)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.5% ±4% (22  ±35) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Berks County: 5.3% † 5,101 (±0.5% / ±525)
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.9% 143,131 (±0.1% / ±3,398)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,456 ±301 Number of housing units
  • Berks County: 171,580 ±199
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$270,200 ±$32,284 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Berks County: $257,300 ±$3,633
  • a little higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

3.8% ±3.6% (153  ±145.7) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in Berks County: 10.3% 44,240 (±0.7% / ±2,817.8)
  • about one-third of the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

81.3% ±2.3% (1,974  ±391.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of 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)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
16.1% ±6.7% (391  ±179.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Berks County: 27.7% 82,163 (±0.8% / ±2,238)
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.2% 3,231,367 (±0.2% / ±13,722.3)
  • about half 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

0.9% ±1.5% (38  ±60) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Berks County: 9.7% 42,175
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.6% ±3.6% (196  ±109) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Berks County: 5.6% 18,922 (±0.3% / ±881)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
196 Total veterans ±109 196 Male ±109 N/A Female ±12

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