Amity township, Berks County, Pennsylvania (PA)

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Land area: 18.3 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.1 sq. mi.
Population: 8,867 (73% urban, 27% rural)

Males: 4,380	(49.4%)
Females: 4,487	(50.6%)

Occupied houses/apartments: 8,867 (7,563 owner occupied, 1,304 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	15%
State:	29%

Races in Amity township:

White Non-Hispanic: 95.2%
Black: 2.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.2%
Asian: 0.7%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.0%
Hispanic or Latino: 1.0%
Two or more races: 0.9%
Some other race: 0.0%

Median age of males: 36.3
Median age of females: 36.6

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Average household size: 2.75

Amity township:	2.8 people
Pennsylvania:	2.5 people

Average family size: 3.12

Estimated median household income in 2008: $75,356 ($59,595 in 1999)

This township:	$75,356
Pennsylvania:	$50,713

Median contract rent in 2008 for apartments: $802 (lower quartile is $646, upper quartile is $856)

Here:	$802
State:	$584

Estimated median house or condo value in 2008: $251,742 (it was $145,000 in 2000)

Amity township:	$251,742
Pennsylvania:	$164,700

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $162,908 - $338,692

Mean price in 2008:

Detached houses: $274,419
Here: $274,419
State: $226,884

Townhouses or other attached units: $165,841
Here: $165,841
State: $161,921

In 2-unit structures: $351,557
Here: $351,557
State: $152,955

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $1,205,872
Here: $1,205,872
State: $242,942

Mobile homes: $25,109
Here: $25,109
State: $35,442

Population density: 485 people per square mile

(high).

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2008:

This township:	4.8%
Whole state:	11.0%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2008:

This township:	1.5%
Whole state:	5.1%

Number of foreign born residents: 195 (82% naturalized citizens)

Amity township:	2.2%
State:	4.1%

50% of Amity township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 43% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 71% lived in Pennsylvania.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 7204
Northeast: 605
Midwest: 248
South: 449
West: 105

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $102,500

Amity township, Pennsylvania satellite photo by USGS

Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.7%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
Gay men: 0.1% of all households

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 2,574
One, attached: 178
Two: 53
3 or 4: 25
5 to 9: 110
10 to 19: 136
20 to 49: 71
50 or more: 11
Mobile homes: 186
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 9

Median worth of mobile homes: $18,600

Housing units in Amity township with a mortgage: 1,779 (172 second mortgage, 334 home equity loan, 11 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 499

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 276
1995 to 1998: 505
1990 to 1994: 276
1980 to 1989: 346
1970 to 1979: 747
1960 to 1969: 467
1950 to 1959: 274
1940 to 1949: 90
1939 or earlier: 372

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Amity township, Pennsylvania:
	1 room: 0 2 rooms: 0 3 rooms: 31 4 rooms: 133 5 rooms: 264 6 rooms: 467 7 rooms: 409 8 rooms: 721 9 or more rooms: 581

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Amity township, Pennsylvania:
	1 room: 0 2 rooms: 33 3 rooms: 120 4 rooms: 151 5 rooms: 147 6 rooms: 89 7 rooms: 19 8 rooms: 30 9 or more rooms: 31

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Amity township:
	no bedroom: 0 1 bedroom: 23 2 bedrooms: 333 3 bedrooms: 1,143 4 bedrooms: 1,001 5 or more bedrooms: 106

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Amity township:
	no bedroom: 0 1 bedroom: 168 2 bedrooms: 280 3 bedrooms: 133 4 bedrooms: 28 5 or more bedrooms: 11

Cars and other vehicles available in Amity township in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 50 1 vehicle: 404 2 vehicles: 1,384 3 vehicles: 614 4 vehicles: 123 5 or more vehicles: 31

Cars and other vehicles available in Amity township in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 69 1 vehicle: 291 2 vehicles: 212 3 vehicles: 21 4 vehicles: 18 5 or more vehicles: 9

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Most common industries for males (%):

Construction (10%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
Metal and metal products (6%)
Chemicals (4%)
Utilities (4%)
Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
Finance and insurance (4%)

Most common industries for females (%):

Health care (17%)
Educational services (12%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
Social assistance (6%)
Finance and insurance (6%)
Chemicals (4%)
Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

Computer specialists (8%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
Registered nurses (6%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
Computer specialists (3%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Amity township:

German (30.1%)
Irish (12.7%)
Italian (11.5%)
United States or American (8.9%)
English (7.0%)
Polish (6.0%)
Pennsylvania German (3.1%)

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

Vietnam (25%)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (16%)
Italy (15%)
Germany (11%)
Korea (7%)
Iran (6%)
Peru (5%)

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 3,991 (86%)
Carpooled: 435 (9%)
Railroad: 7 (0%)
Walked: 54 (1%)
Worked at home: 128 (3%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel:
	Utility gas (41%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (35%) Electricity (19%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%) No fuel used (1%)

95.4% of residents of Amity township speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (73% speak English very well, 27% speak English not well).
2.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (92% speak English very well, 8% speak English well).
1.0% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (39% speak English very well, 34% speak English well, 28% speak English not well).

Household type by relationship

Households: 8,841

In family households: 7,895 (2,194 male householders, 361 female householders)
2,155 spouses, 2,725 children (2,562 natural, 64 adopted, 99 stepchildren), 99 grandchildren, 23 brothers or sisters, 109 parents, 90 other relatives, 139 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 946 (373 male householders (264 living alone)), 364 female householders (319 living alone)), 209 nonrelatives

Size of family households: 1,018 2-persons, 604 3-persons, 653 4-persons, 213 5-persons, 34 6-persons, 33 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 583 1-person, 120 2-persons, 29 3-persons, 5 5-persons.

1,992 married couples with children.
293 single-parent households (86 men, 207 women).

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 107

Here:	9.5%
Pennsylvania:	16.0%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 64

Here:	17.5%
Pennsylvania:	13.1%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 112

Here:	50.5%
Pennsylvania:	37.3%

Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Amity township:

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