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New Jerusalem, PA

645 Population
1.8 square miles 355 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

53.3 ±10 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Reading, PA Metro Area: 39.9 ±0.2
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$55,038 ±$8,698 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Reading, PA Metro Area: $39,815 ±$711
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$102,214 ±$20,715 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Reading, PA Metro Area: $79,777 ±$1,206
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

1.1% ±1.5% (7  ±10) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent of the rate in the Reading, PA Metro Area: 12.2% 51,396 (±0.8% / ±3,143)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

39.9 minutes ±23.4 (10,410  ±8,679) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in the Reading, PA Metro Area: 25.4 4,656,105 (±0.4 / ±91,663)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

246 ±70 Number of households
  • the Reading, PA Metro Area: 163,236 ±819
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.4 (645  ±210) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Reading, PA Metro Area: 2.6 419,386 (±0 / ±289)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

246 ±70 Number of housing units
  • the Reading, PA Metro Area: 171,580 ±199
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$294,700 ±$58,814 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Reading, PA Metro Area: $257,300 ±$3,633
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

5.4% ±5.2% (34  ±34.7) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in the Reading, PA Metro Area: 10.3% 44,240 (±0.7% / ±2,817.8)
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.9% ±35.9% (418  ±104.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Reading, PA Metro Area: 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)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
26.1% ±11.7% (116  ±61.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Reading, PA Metro Area: 27.7% 82,163 (±0.8% / ±2,238)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.2% 3,231,367 (±0.2% / ±13,722.3)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

12.4% ±10.2% (80  ±71) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Reading, PA Metro Area: 9.7% 42,175
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.3% ±6.9% (36  ±36) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Reading, PA Metro Area: 5.6% 18,922 (±0.3% / ±881)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
36 Total veterans ±36 29 Male ±35 7 Female ±11

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