Jefferson township, Berks County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (83% naturalized citizens)
| Jefferson township: | 1.9% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
72% of Jefferson township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 64% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 59% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1387
- Northeast: 63
- Midwest: 59
- South: 50
- West: 6
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $120,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.0%
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: 506
- One, attached: 40
- Mobile homes: 56
Median worth of mobile homes: $65,000
Housing units in Jefferson township with a mortgage: 236 (18 second mortgage, 56 home equity loan, 2 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 121
- Construction (13%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Health care (16%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (3%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Jefferson township:
- German (52.7%)
- Irish (6.4%)
- United States or American (6.3%)
- Pennsylvania German (5.2%)
- Dutch (4.0%)
- Italian (3.7%)
- English (3.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (37%)
- Germany (17%)
- Other Northern Europe (10%)
- Russia (10%)
- Ireland (7%)
- Italy (7%)
- Korea (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 648 (81%)
- Carpooled: 94 (12%)
- Bicycle: 5 (1%)
- Walked: 7 (1%)
- Worked at home: 45 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (63%)
- Electricity (22%)
- Wood (6%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (5%)
- Coal or coke (3%)
- Other fuel (1%)
- Utility gas (1%)
94.6% of residents of Jefferson township speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (15% speak English well, 85% speak English not well).
4.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (93% speak English very well, 7% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,604- In family households: 1,436 (388 male householders, 51 female householders)
392 spouses, 496 children (456 natural, 14 adopted, 26 stepchildren), 37 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 13 parents, 27 other relatives, 32 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 168 (67 male householders (48 living alone)), 68 female householders (60 living alone)), 33 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 187 2-persons, 105 3-persons, 76 4-persons, 37 5-persons, 13 6-persons, 21 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 108 1-person, 24 2-persons, 3 3-persons,
331 married couples with children.
56 single-parent households (22 men, 34 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 50
| Here: | 22.3% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 16
| Here: | 20.3% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2
| Here: | 5.7% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |