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Longswamp township, Berks County, PA

5,575 Population
22.7 square miles 245.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

51 ±4.1 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Berks County: 39.9 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$48,747 ±$11,458 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Berks County: $39,012 ±$719
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$82,773 ±$6,106 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Berks County: $77,684 ±$1,522
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

7.7% ±3.4% (398  ±179) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Berks County: 11.7% 48,747 (±0.7% / ±2,973)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

25.4 minutes ±2.5 (59,160  ±9,696) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Berks County: 25 4,625,355 (±0.4 / ±100,818)
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

2,223 ±177 Number of households
  • Berks County: 161,701 ±913
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.4 ±0.2 (5,241  ±23) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Berks County: 2.6 416,342 (±0 / ±216)
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

9.2% ±8.7% (80  ±77) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Berks County: 5.5% † 5,329 (±0.6% / ±574)
  • nearly double the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

2,369 ±207 Number of housing units
  • Berks County: 171,147 ±210
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$235,700 ±$20,766 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Berks County: $239,700 ±$2,406
  • about the same as the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

11.7% ±4.5% (646  ±249.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Berks County: 10.7% 45,498 (±0.6% / ±2,510.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

91.3% ±8.3% (3,867  ±391.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Berks County: 88.4% 259,846 (±1.2% / ±3,555.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
17.9% ±4.9% (759  ±209.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Berks County: 27.2% 79,881 (±0.7% / ±2,028.6)
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 34.5% 3,157,318 (±0.2% / ±14,182.6)

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

2.6% ±2% (143  ±111) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Berks County: 8.8% 37,631
  • about one-third of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

7.8% ±3% (350  ±136) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Berks County: 5.8% 19,224 (±0.2% / ±794)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
350 Total veterans ±136 330 Male ±124 20 Female ±27

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