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Census Tract 142.02, Berks, PA

4,462 Population
20.4 square miles 218.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.9 ±5.7 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Mertztown: 51.9 † ±16.4
  • 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 ±0.2

Economics

$53,558 ±$15,667 Per capita income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Mertztown: $33,180 † ±$4,116
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Berks County: $39,815 ±$711
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
$86,160 ±$5,613 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Mertztown: $65,227 † ±$35,550
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Berks County: $79,777 ±$1,206
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342

7% ±3.1% (309  ±138) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Mertztown: 3.4% † 18 (±4.9% / ±27)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Berks County: 12.2% 51,396 (±0.8% / ±3,143)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)

25.5 minutes ±3.3 (50,470  ±9,506) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Mertztown: 18.7 4,530 (±1 / ±2,289)
  • about the same as the figure in Berks County: 25.4 4,656,105 (±0.4 / ±91,663)
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)

Families

1,794 ±157 Number of households
  • Mertztown: 212 † ±81
  • Berks County: 163,236 ±819
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
2.5 ±0.2 (4,462  ±190) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Mertztown: 2.5 530 (±0.1 / ±203)
  • a little less than the figure in Berks County: 2.6 419,386 (±0 / ±289)
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066

6.2% ±8% (50  ±65) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • Mertztown: 0%
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Berks County: 5.3% † 5,101 (±0.5% / ±525)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.9% 143,131 (±0.1% / ±3,398)

Housing

1,887 ±181 Number of housing units
  • Mertztown: 212 † ±81
  • Berks County: 171,580 ±199
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672

$261,800 ±$33,010 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Mertztown: $175,000 † ±$24,925
  • about the same as the amount in Berks County: $257,300 ±$3,633
  • a little higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767

7.6% ±4.2% (335  ±185.9) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Mertztown: 9.8% † 52 (±17.6% / ±95.3)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Berks County: 10.3% 44,240 (±0.7% / ±2,817.8)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)

Social

91.8% ±8.7% (3,163  ±348.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Mertztown: 88.9% † 376 (±49.9% / ±133.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Berks County: 88.4% 262,321 (±1.2% / ±3,673)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.1% 8,466,554 (±0.3% / ±22,677.1)
16.3% ±4.4% (560  ±153.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Mertztown: 15.4% † 65 (±14.7% / ±68.2)
  • 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)

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

1.6% ±1.7% (73  ±74) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Mertztown: 3.6% † 19 (±5.3% / ±29)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Berks County: 9.7% 42,175
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975

7.4% ±2.8% (269  ±103) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Mertztown: 14.8% † 69 (±14.2% / ±72)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Berks County: 5.6% 18,922 (±0.3% / ±881)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
269 Total veterans ±103 246 Male ±92 23 Female ±29

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