Exeter township, Berks County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (62% naturalized citizens)
| Exeter township: | 2.3% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
66% of Exeter township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 69% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 62% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 17032
- Northeast: 1582
- Midwest: 639
- South: 1040
- West: 258
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $103,200
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.9%
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
People in group quarters in Exeter township, Pennsylvania:
- 191 people in nursing homes
- 24 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 3 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 5,861
- One, attached: 1,084
- Two: 71
- 3 or 4: 144
- 5 to 9: 204
- 10 to 19: 97
- 20 to 49: 23
- 50 or more: 38
- Mobile homes: 656
Median worth of mobile homes: $20,900
Housing units in Exeter township with a mortgage: 4,539 (367 second mortgage, 742 home equity loan, 28 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,584
- Construction (9%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Computer and electronic products (4%)
- Health care (16%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Computer specialists (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Exeter township:
- German (34.3%)
- Italian (11.4%)
- Irish (10.0%)
- Polish (8.8%)
- English (5.3%)
- United States or American (4.8%)
- Pennsylvania German (2.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Italy (21%)
- Canada (7%)
- Germany (7%)
- Egypt (7%)
- India (6%)
- Jamaica (5%)
- Mexico (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 9,570 (87%)
- Carpooled: 876 (8%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 51 (0%)
- Railroad: 6 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 30 (0%)
- Walked: 85 (1%)
- Other means: 21 (0%)
- Worked at home: 313 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (53%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (32%)
- Electricity (12%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)
- Wood (1%)
People in group quarters in Exeter township, Pennsylvania:
- 191 people in nursing homes
- 24 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 3 people in homes for the mentally retarded
95.2% of residents of Exeter township speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (62% speak English very well, 31% speak English well, 6% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
3.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (94% speak English very well, 5% speak English well, 1% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (83% speak English very well, 17% speak English well).
0.4% of residents speak other language at home (77% speak English very well, 23% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 20,969- In family households: 18,750 (5,137 male householders, 907 female householders)
5,294 spouses, 6,490 children (5,865 natural, 213 adopted, 412 stepchildren), 236 grandchildren, 27 brothers or sisters, 101 parents, 223 other relatives, 335 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 2,219 (800 male householders (590 living alone)), 1,039 female householders (906 living alone)), 380 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 218 (189 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 2,530 2-persons, 1,405 3-persons, 1,287 4-persons, 586 5-persons, 181 6-persons, 55 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,496 1-person, 302 2-persons, 41 3-persons,
4,321 married couples with children.
692 single-parent households (201 men, 491 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 508
| Here: | 19.1% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 105
| Here: | 8.9% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 172
| Here: | 27.2% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |