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Perry township, Berks County, PA

2,429 Population
18 square miles 134.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.7 ±4.6 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Berks County: 39.9 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$40,331 ±$4,389 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Berks County: $39,012 ±$719
  • a little less than the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$77,875 ±$10,325 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Berks County: $77,684 ±$1,522
  • about the same as the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

7.2% ±3.5% (174  ±88) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Berks County: 11.7% 48,747 (±0.7% / ±2,973)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

22.4 minutes ±5 (20,895  ±3,274) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Berks County: 25 4,625,355 (±0.4 / ±100,818)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

952 ±85 Number of households
  • Berks County: 161,701 ±913
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.6 ±0.2 (2,429  ±276) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Berks County: 2.6 416,342 (±0 / ±216)
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

3.8% ±3.9% (16  ±17) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Berks County: 5.5% † 5,329 (±0.6% / ±574)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

1,007 ±90 Number of housing units
  • Berks County: 171,147 ±210
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$278,900 ±$22,065 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Berks County: $239,700 ±$2,406
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

5.6% ±4.3% (135  ±104.7) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Berks County: 10.7% 45,498 (±0.6% / ±2,510.5)
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

88.3% ±3.5% (1,653  ±178.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Berks County: 88.4% 259,846 (±1.2% / ±3,555.5)
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
16.1% ±3.9% (302  ±78.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths 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

0.6% ±0.6% (15  ±15) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Berks County: 8.8% 37,631
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

8.2% ±2.1% (167  ±47) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Berks County: 5.8% 19,224 (±0.2% / ±794)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
167 Total veterans ±47 139 Male ±44 28 Female ±19

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