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Berks County

Population in July 2007: 3,616.
Males: 1,780  (49.2%)
Females: 1,836  (50.8%)

Median resident age:  37.3 years
Pennsylvania median age:  38.0 years

Zip codes: 19518.


Estimated median household income in 2007: $71,525 (it was $60,586 in 2000)
Amity Gardens:  $71,525
Pennsylvania:  $48,576

Estimated per capita income in 2007: $33,110
Amity Gardens:  $33,110
Pennsylvania:  $26,228

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $226,323 (it was $136,500 in 2000)
Amity Gardens:  $226,323
Pennsylvania:  $155,000

Mean prices in 2007: All housing units: $260,307; Detached houses: $244,135; Townhouses or other attached units: $171,876; In 5-or-more-unit structures: $2,031,988

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Races in Amity Gardens:

  • White Non-Hispanic (94.2%)
  • Black (2.6%)
  • Hispanic (1.3%)
  • Two or more races (1.2%)

2008 cost of living index in Amity Gardens: 91.8 (less than average, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: German (34.3%), Irish (20.2%), Italian (12.2%), English (8.8%), Polish (8.1%), United States (5.4%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Elevation: 240 feet

Land area: 0.95 square miles.

Population density: 3802 people per square mile 
 
 (average).

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For population 25 years and over in Amity Gardens

  • High school or higher: 90.8%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 26.3%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 10.0%
  • Unemployed: 2.4%
  • Mean travel time to work: 27.9 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Amity Gardens CDP

  • Never married: 14.4%
  • Now married: 65.9%
  • Separated: 1.1%
  • Widowed: 7.5%
  • Divorced: 11.1%

34 residents are foreign born

This place:  1.0%
Pennsylvania:  4.1%


According to our research there were no registered sex offenders living in this place in early 2007.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Amity Gardens:  1.8% ($2,480)
Pennsylvania:  1.6% ($1,552)
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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Reading, PA (11.2 miles , pop. 81,207).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Philadelphia, PA (36.4 miles , pop. 1,517,550).

Nearest cities: Stowe, PA (1.8 miles ), Birdsboro borough, PA (2.0 miles ), South Pottstown, PA (2.2 miles ), Halfway House, PA (2.2 miles ), Pottstown borough, PA (2.3 miles ), Kenilworth, PA (2.4 miles ), Lorane, PA (2.5 miles ), Pottsgrove, PA (2.5 miles ).

Latitude: 40.27 N, Longitude: 75.73 W

Area code commonly used in this area: 610

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Most common industries for males (%):



  • Metal and metal products (10%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
  • Construction (5%)
  • Finance and insurance (5%)
  • Broadcasting and telecommunications (4%)
  • Transportation equipment (4%)

Most common industries for females (%):



  • Health care (17%)
  • Educational services (10%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (9%)
  • Finance and insurance (7%)
  • Social assistance (7%)
  • Chemicals (5%)
  • Accommodation and food services (5%)

Most common occupations for males (%)



  • Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (7%)
  • Operations specialties managers except financial managers (6%)
  • Computer specialists (6%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)

Most common occupations for females (%)



  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (13%)
  • Registered nurses (7%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
  • Computer specialists (4%)
  • Health technologists and technicians (4%)
  • Retail sales workers except cashiers (3%)



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Amity Gardens-area historical tornado activity is above Pennsylvania state average. It is 67% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 7/27/1994, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 11.7 miles away from the Amity Gardens place center killed 3 people and injured 25 people and caused between $5,000,000 and $50,000,000 in damages.

On 11/4/1950, a category 3 tornado 13.7 miles away from the place center injured one person and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.


Amity Gardens-area historical earthquake activity is significantly above Pennsylvania state average. It is 61% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 1/16/1994 at 01:49:16, a magnitude 4.6 (4.6 MB, 4.6 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 16.5 miles away from Amity Gardens center
On 1/16/1994 at 00:42:43, a magnitude 4.2 (4.2 MB, 4.0 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 14.9 miles away from the city center
On 8/26/2003 at 18:24:18, a magnitude 3.8 (3.8 LG, 3.5 ML, Depth: 1.9 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: II - III) earthquake occurred 40.4 miles away from the city center
On 10/23/1990 at 01:34:48, a magnitude 3.2 (2.9 LG, 3.2 MD, Depth: 6.2 mi) earthquake occurred 53.8 miles away from Amity Gardens center
On 11/14/1997 at 03:44:11, a magnitude 3.0 (3.0 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 28.6 miles away from the city center
On 1/9/1992 at 08:50:45, a magnitude 3.1 (3.0 LG, 3.1 MD, Depth: 4.9 mi) earthquake occurred 73.8 miles away from Amity Gardens center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB), duration magnitude (MD), local magnitude (ML)

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Hospitals/medical centers near Amity Gardens:
  • POTTSTOWN MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 6 miles; POTTSTOWN, PA)
  • HEALTHSOUTH REHAB HOSPITAL OF READING (about 12 miles; READING, PA)
  • CARON HOSPITAL (about 13 miles; WERNERSVILLE, PA)

Amtrak stations near Amity Gardens:
  • 19 miles: EXTON (CREST AVE. OFF RTE. 100). Services: partially wheelchair accessible, public payphones, paid short-term parking, call for car rental service, public transit connection.
  • 19 miles: DOWNINGTOWN (VIADUCT AVE.). Services: public payphones, paid short-term parking, call for car rental service, call for taxi service, public transit connection.

Operable nuclear power plants near Amity Gardens:
  • 6 miles: Limerick 1 and 2 in Pottstown, PA.

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Amity Gardens:
  • PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY-PENN STATE BERKS (about 14 miles; READING, PA; Full-time enrollment: 2,003)
  • KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 15 miles; KUTZTOWN, PA; FT enrollment: 7,101)
  • IMMACULATA COLLEGE (about 19 miles; IMMACULATA, PA; FT enrollment: 2,042)
  • EASTERN COLLEGE (about 23 miles; ST DAVIDS, PA; FT enrollment: 2,456)
  • WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 24 miles; WEST CHESTER, PA; FT enrollment: 10,419)
  • MONTGOMERY COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 26 miles; BLUE BELL, PA; FT enrollment: 5,097)
  • MUHLENBERG COLLEGE (about 26 miles; Allentown, PA; FT enrollment: 2,334)

User submitted facts and corrections:
  • Amity Gardens is not a town. Amity Gardens is a development within the town of Douglassville, PA 19518

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Average household size:
This place:  2.7 people
Pennsylvania:  2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This place:  76.3%
Whole state:  67.2%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This place:  6.0%
Whole state:  5.0%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.2% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
This place:  3.8%
Whole state:  11.0%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
This place:  0.2%
Whole state:  5.1%

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Amity Gardens compared to Pennsylvania state average:
  • Median household income above state average.
  • Unemployed percentage below state average.
  • Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Hispanic race population percentage below state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.


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Most commonly used house heating fuel:
  • Utility gas (57%)
  • Electricity (24%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (18%)
  • No fuel used (1%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)


Religion statistics for Amity Gardens

Adherents


NameCatholic ChurchEvangelical Lutheran Church in AmericaUnited Church of ChristUnited Methodist ChurchAssemblies of God
Adherents40.0%26.3%18.2%4.1%1.4%
Congregations7.5%25.6%22.2%6.6%4.1%
NameMennonite Church USAEpiscopal ChurchPresbyterian Church (USA)Seventh-Day Adventist ChurchOther religions
Adherents1.4%0.9%0.7%0.7%6.4%
Congregations6.9%2.2%1.3%2.5%21.3%
Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Tables represent county-level data.


4.49% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($42,285 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  4.49%
Pennsylvania average:  4.99%

0.07% of residents moved from foreign countries ($243 average AGI)
Berks County:  0.07%
Pennsylvania average:  0.12%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Montgomery County, PA  0.81% ($47,814 average AGI)
from Chester County, PA  0.33% ($51,594)
from Lehigh County, PA  0.33% ($42,520)


4.02% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($41,491 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  4.02%
Pennsylvania average:  5.08%

0.05% of residents moved to foreign countries ($460 average AGI)
Berks County:  0.05%
Pennsylvania average:  0.05%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Montgomery County, PA  0.46% ($38,236 average AGI)
to Lancaster County, PA  0.29% ($43,649)
to Lehigh County, PA  0.24% ($39,105)


Strongest AM radio stations in Amity Gardens:
  • WEEU (830 AM; 20 kW; READING, PA; Owner: WEEU BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WWJZ (640 AM; 50 kW; MOUNT HOLLY, NJ; Owner: ABC, INC.)
  • WZZD (990 AM; 50 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: PENNSYLVANIA MEDIA ASSOCIATES, INC.)
  • WVCH (740 AM; 50 kW; CHESTER, PA; Owner: WVCH COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • KYW (1060 AM; 50 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
  • WPEN (950 AM; 50 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: GREATER PHILADELPHIA RADIO, INC.)
  • WNWR (1540 AM; 50 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA)
  • WWDB (860 AM; daytime; 10 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA)
  • WPAZ (1370 AM; 1 kW; POTTSTOWN, PA; Owner: GREAT SCOTT BROADCASTING)
  • WPHT (1210 AM; 50 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
  • WCOJ (1420 AM; 5 kW; COATESVILLE, PA; Owner: WCOJ RADIO COMPANY, INC.)
  • WFIL (560 AM; 5 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: PENNSYLVANIA MEDIA ASSOCIATES, INC.)
  • WMCA (570 AM; 50 kW; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: SALEM MEDIA OF NEW YORK, LLC)

Strongest FM radio stations in Amity Gardens:
  • WBYN (107.5 FM; BOYERTOWN, PA; Owner: WDAC RADIO COMPANY)
  • WRFY-FM (102.5 FM; READING, PA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • WBMP (88.1 FM; WARWICK, PA; Owner: FOUR RIVERS COMMUNITY BROADCASTING CORP.)
  • WIOV-FM1 (105.1 FM; READING, PA; Owner: REGENT BROADCASTING OF LANCASTER, INC.)
  • WIOV-FM (105.1 FM; EPHRATA, PA; Owner: REGENT BROADCASTING OF LANCASTER, INC.)
  • WPLY (100.3 FM; MEDIA, PA; Owner: RADIO ONE LICENSES, LLC)
  • WLEV (100.7 FM; ALLENTOWN, PA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WRTL (90.7 FM; EPHRATA, PA; Owner: TEMPLE UNIV OF COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM)
  • WMWX (95.7 FM; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: GREATER PHILADELPHIA RADIO, INC.)
  • WMGK (102.9 FM; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: GREATER PHILADELPHIA RADIO, INC.)
  • WOGL (98.1 FM; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
  • WDIY (88.1 FM; ALLENTOWN, PA; Owner: LEHIGH VALLEY COMMUNITY BR/CST ASSOC)
  • WJCS (89.3 FM; ALLENTOWN, PA; Owner: BEACON BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WSNI-FM (104.5 FM; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, L.L.C.)
  • WBEB (101.1 FM; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: WEAZ-FM RADIO, INC.)
  • WRTI (90.1 FM; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: TEMPLE UNIV. OF THE COMMONWEALTH, ET)
  • WPHI-FM (103.9 FM; JENKINTOWN, PA; Owner: RADIO ONE LICENSES, LLC)
  • WXPN (88.5 FM; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNA.)
  • WYSP (94.1 FM; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
  • WHYY-FM (90.9 FM; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: WHYY, INC.)

TV broadcast stations around Amity Gardens:
  • WTVE (Channel 51; READING, PA; Owner: READING BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • KYW-TV (Channel 3; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: CBS BROADCASTING INC.)
  • WPHL-TV (Channel 17; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: TRIBUNE TELEVISION COMPANY)
  • WPPX (Channel 61; WILMINGTON, DE; Owner: PAXSON PHILADELPHIA LICENSE, INC.)
  • WPVI-TV (Channel 6; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: ABC, INC.)
  • WPSG (Channel 57; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: VIACOM STATIONS GROUP OF PHILADELPHIA INC.)
  • WCAU (Channel 10; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: NBC SUBSIDIARY (WCAU-TV), L.P.)
  • WGTW (Channel 48; BURLINGTON, NJ; Owner: BRUNSON COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • WYBE (Channel 35; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: INDEPENDENCE PUBLIC MEDIA OF PHILADELPHIA, INC.)
  • WHYY-TV (Channel 12; WILMINGTON, DE; Owner: WHYY, INC.)
  • WTXF-TV (Channel 29; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: FOX TV STATIONS OF PHILADELPHIA)
  • WFMZ-TV (Channel 69; ALLENTOWN, PA; Owner: MARANATHA BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
  • WELL-LP (Channel 8; WILLOW GROVE, ETC., PA; Owner: WORD OF GOD FELLOWSHIP, INC.)
  • WWJT-LP (Channel 7; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: PHILADELPHIA TELEVISION NETWORK, INC)
  • WLYH-TV (Channel 15; LANCASTER, PA; Owner: TELEVISION STATION GROUP LICENSE SUBSIDIARY, LLC)
  • WLVT-TV (Channel 39; ALLENTOWN, PA; Owner: LEHIGH VALLEY PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP.)
  • W07DC (Channel 7; ALLENTOWN/BETHLEHEM, PA; Owner: NEW YORK TIMES MANAGEMENT SERVICES)
  • WBPH-TV (Channel 60; BETHLEHEM, PA; Owner: SONSHINE FAMILY TELEVISION CORPORATION)
  • WPHA-LP (Channel 63; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: COMMERCIAL BROADCASTING CORP.)
  • WFPA-CA (Channel 28; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: WXTV LICENSE PARTNERSHIP, G.P.)
  • W24CS (Channel 24; READING, PA; Owner: WITF, INC.)



Home Mortgage Disclosure Act Aggregated Statistics For Year 2007
(Based on 1 partial tract)
A) FHA, FSA/RHS & VA
Home Purchase Loans
B) Conventional
Home Purchase Loans
C) Refinancings
D) Home Improvement Loans
NumberAverage ValueNumberAverage ValueNumberAverage ValueNumberAverage Value
LOANS ORIGINATED1$141,58011$192,95711$171,3724$54,203
APPLICATIONS APPROVED, NOT ACCEPTED0$01$311,1003$180,8131$24,890
APPLICATIONS DENIED0$02$185,0909$228,8712$56,565
APPLICATIONS WITHDRAWN0$01$130,3505$197,8261$45,160
FILES CLOSED FOR INCOMPLETENESS0$00$02$180,4650$0
Choose year:  2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 1999

Detailed HMDA statistics for the following Tracts: 0119.01

Private Mortgage Insurance Companies Aggregated Statistics For Year 2007
(Based on 1 partial tract)
A) Conventional
Home Purchase Loans
B) Refinancings
NumberAverage ValueNumberAverage Value
LOANS ORIGINATED2$268,4251$284,330
APPLICATIONS APPROVED, NOT ACCEPTED0$00$0
APPLICATIONS DENIED0$00$0
APPLICATIONS WITHDRAWN0$00$0
FILES CLOSED FOR INCOMPLETENESS0$00$0
Choose year:  2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 1999

Detailed PMIC statistics for the following Tracts: 0119.01

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