North Heidelberg township, Berks County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (47% naturalized citizens)
North Heidelberg township: | 2.4% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
78% of North Heidelberg township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 66% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 38% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1081
- Northeast: 92
- Midwest: 40
- South: 62
- West: 14
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $82,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 426
- One, attached: 9
- Two: 1
- 5 to 9: 8
- Mobile homes: 44
Median worth of mobile homes: $47,500
Housing units in North Heidelberg township with a mortgage: 212 (24 second mortgage, 53 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 73
- Construction (10%)
- Metal and metal products (10%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Health care (3%)
- Health care (13%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (3%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in North Heidelberg township:
- German (48.3%)
- English (6.6%)
- Pennsylvania German (6.1%)
- Irish (5.9%)
- United States or American (5.5%)
- Polish (5.1%)
- Italian (4.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (44%)
- Canada (25%)
- Russia (9%)
- Colombia (9%)
- France (6%)
- Mexico (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 590 (83%)
- Carpooled: 47 (7%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 3 (0%)
- Streetcar or trolley car: 2 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 4 (1%)
- Walked: 6 (1%)
- Other means: 3 (0%)
- Worked at home: 54 (8%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (55%)
- Electricity (26%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (7%)
- Wood (6%)
- Coal or coke (5%)
- Utility gas (1%)
97.0% of residents of North Heidelberg township speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
2.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (93% speak English very well, 7% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,325- In family households: 1,207 (351 male householders, 39 female householders)
345 spouses, 409 children (378 natural, 7 adopted, 24 stepchildren), 21 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 7 parents, 19 other relatives, 14 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 118 (57 male householders (44 living alone)), 32 female householders (23 living alone)), 29 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 169 2-persons, 84 3-persons, 90 4-persons, 33 5-persons, 7 6-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 67 1-person, 18 2-persons, 4 3-persons,
284 married couples with children.
30 single-parent households (12 men, 18 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 38
Here: | 20.4% |
Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 7
Here: | 9.6% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 6
Here: | 42.9% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |