Ruscombmanor township, Berks County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (77% naturalized citizens)
| Ruscombmanor township: | 1.7% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
73% of Ruscombmanor township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 72% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 60% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3297
- Northeast: 213
- Midwest: 75
- South: 86
- West: 29
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $125,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
47 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,347
- One, attached: 11
- Two: 12
- 3 or 4: 23
- 20 to 49: 2
- 50 or more: 2
- Mobile homes: 24
Median worth of mobile homes: $83,300
Housing units in Ruscombmanor township with a mortgage: 716 (35 second mortgage, 153 home equity loan, 4 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 385
- Construction (11%)
- Metal and metal products (9%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (6%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Computer and electronic products (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Health care (19%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (3%)
- Computer and electronic products (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (3%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (3%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Ruscombmanor township:
- German (46.0%)
- Italian (8.9%)
- United States or American (7.9%)
- Pennsylvania German (6.4%)
- Polish (5.2%)
- English (5.0%)
- Irish (4.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (18%)
- United Kingdom (9%)
- Other Western Europe (8%)
- Hungary (8%)
- Korea (8%)
- El Salvador (8%)
- Vietnam (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,735 (86%)
- Carpooled: 205 (10%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 4 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 5 (0%)
- Walked: 14 (1%)
- Other means: 5 (0%)
- Worked at home: 61 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (59%)
- Electricity (24%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (6%)
- Coal or coke (4%)
- Wood (4%)
- Utility gas (2%)
47 people in nursing homes
94.8% of residents of Ruscombmanor township speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (79% speak English very well, 15% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
3.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (77% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 1% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (25% speak English very well, 75% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,731- In family households: 3,399 (980 male householders, 127 female householders)
985 spouses, 1,135 children (1,066 natural, 22 adopted, 47 stepchildren), 58 grandchildren, 24 brothers or sisters, 17 parents, 32 other relatives, 41 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 332 (143 male householders (110 living alone)), 132 female householders (116 living alone)), 57 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 45 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 489 2-persons, 231 3-persons, 263 4-persons, 87 5-persons, 33 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 226 1-person, 44 2-persons, 5 3-persons,
818 married couples with children.
59 single-parent households (34 men, 25 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 45
| Here: | 9.9% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 30
| Here: | 12.6% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 25
| Here: | 25.8% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |