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Census Tract 21, Berks, PA

3,462 Population
0.2 square miles 18,420.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

25.4 ±3.8 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Reading: 31.9 ±0.9
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Berks County: 39.9 ±0.2
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2

Economics

$20,418 ±$2,755 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Reading: $21,406 ±$1,014
  • about half the amount in Berks County: $39,815 ±$711
  • about half the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
$58,500 ±$13,994 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Reading: $44,091 ±$3,478
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Berks County: $79,777 ±$1,206
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342

30.5% ±10.8% (1,028  ±408) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than 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)

27 minutes ±4.1 (40,145  ±11,953) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Reading: 24.1 839,590 (±0.8 / ±47,896)
  • a little 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)

Families

1,076 ±148 Number of households
  • Reading: 33,164 ±919
  • Berks County: 163,236 ±819
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
3.2 ±0.4 (3,436  ±619) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Reading: 2.8 92,059 (±0.1 / ±126)
  • 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

5.7% ±4.2% (50  ±38) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Reading: 6.8% † 1,671 (±1.4% / ±355)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Berks County: 5.3% † 5,101 (±0.5% / ±525)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.9% 143,131 (±0.1% / ±3,398)

Housing

1,149 ±138 Number of housing units
  • Reading: 36,032 ±892
  • Berks County: 171,580 ±199
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672

$62,100 ±$16,087 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half 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

20.6% ±11.2% (683  ±391.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Reading: 16% † 14,978 (±1.9% / ±1,788.9)
  • about double the rate in Berks County: 10.3% 44,240 (±0.7% / ±2,817.8)
  • nearly double the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)

Social

71.5% ±19.3% (1,253  ±235.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Reading: 72% 40,979 (±2.6% / ±1,632.6)
  • about 80 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)
7.9% ±5% (139  ±91.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Reading: 11.4% † 6,467 (±1.2% / ±668.1)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Berks County: 27.7% 82,163 (±0.8% / ±2,238)
  • about one-quarter 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

19.3% ±10.5% (669  ±384) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Reading: 25.5% 24,235 (±1.7% / ±1,648)
  • about double the rate in Berks County: 9.7% 42,175
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975

3.6% ±2.2% (85  ±53) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Reading: 3.1% † 2,124 (±0.5% / ±336)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Berks County: 5.6% 18,922 (±0.3% / ±881)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
85 Total veterans ±53 85 Male ±53 N/A Female ±12

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