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Census Tract 1, Berks, PA

4,837 Population
0.3 square miles 15,507.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.6 ±8.8 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Reading: 31.9 ±0.9
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Berks County: 39.9 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2

Economics

$18,477 ±$4,067 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Reading: $21,406 ±$1,014
  • about half the amount in Berks County: $39,815 ±$711
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
$24,110 ±$3,357 Median household income
  • about half the amount in Reading: $44,091 ±$3,478
  • about one-third of the amount in Berks County: $79,777 ±$1,206
  • about one-third of the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342

41.5% ±12.1% (2,008  ±659) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Reading: 28.7% 26,512 (±2.7% / ±2,529)
  • more than double the rate in Berks County: 12.2% 51,396 (±0.8% / ±3,143)
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)

29.1 minutes ±5.7 (42,010  ±13,047) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Reading: 24.1 839,590 (±0.8 / ±47,896)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Berks County: 25.4 4,656,105 (±0.4 / ±91,663)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)

Families

2,316 ±309 Number of households
  • Reading: 33,164 ±919
  • Berks County: 163,236 ±819
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
1.9 ±0.2 (4,498  ±726) Persons per household
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Reading: 2.8 92,059 (±0.1 / ±126)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Berks County: 2.6 419,386 (±0 / ±289)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066

23.3% ±13.1% (279  ±176) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Reading: 6.8% † 1,671 (±1.4% / ±355)
  • more than double the rate in Berks County: 5.3% † 5,101 (±0.5% / ±525)
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.9% 143,131 (±0.1% / ±3,398)

Housing

2,797 ±305 Number of housing units
  • Reading: 36,032 ±892
  • Berks County: 171,580 ±199
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672

$68,800 ±$23,676 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Reading: $121,300 ±$5,310
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Berks County: $257,300 ±$3,633
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767

28% ±10.9% (1,283  ±533.9) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Reading: 16% † 14,978 (±1.9% / ±1,788.9)
  • more than double the rate in Berks County: 10.3% 44,240 (±0.7% / ±2,817.8)
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)

Social

76.6% ±12.5% (2,334  ±474.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Reading: 72% 40,979 (±2.6% / ±1,632.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Berks County: 88.4% 262,321 (±1.2% / ±3,673)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.1% 8,466,554 (±0.3% / ±22,677.1)
11.3% ±6.3% (344  ±195.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Reading: 11.4% † 6,467 (±1.2% / ±668.1)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Berks County: 27.7% 82,163 (±0.8% / ±2,238)
  • about one-third of the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.2% 3,231,367 (±0.2% / ±13,722.3)

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

15.8% ±8.7% (764  ±434) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Reading: 25.5% 24,235 (±1.7% / ±1,648)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Berks County: 9.7% 42,175
  • about double the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975

5.5% ±3.6% (195  ±129) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Reading: 3.1% † 2,124 (±0.5% / ±336)
  • about the same as the rate in Berks County: 5.6% 18,922 (±0.3% / ±881)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
195 Total veterans ±129 195 Male ±129 N/A Female ±12

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