Lower Alsace township, Berks County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (0% naturalized citizens)
| Lower Alsace township: | 0.0% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
58% of Lower Alsace 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, 55% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 221
- Northeast: 2
- Midwest: 41
- South: 5
- West: 12
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
5 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 82
- One, attached: 3
- 3 or 4: 5
- 5 to 9: 6
- Mobile homes: 8
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Lower Alsace township with a mortgage: 31 (2 second mortgage, 2 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 19
- Construction (14%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Health care (17%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Carpenters (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Customer service representatives (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Lower Alsace township:
- German (33.9%)
- Swedish (29.1%)
- English (6.5%)
- Scotch-Irish (5.2%)
- Irish (3.9%)
- Czech (2.2%)
- Danish (2.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 126 (77%)
- Carpooled: 17 (10%)
- Bicycle: 3 (2%)
- Walked: 7 (4%)
- Worked at home: 10 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (59%)
- Electricity (26%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (13%)
- Other fuel (2%)
5 people in homes for the mentally retarded
92.7% of residents of Lower Alsace township speak English at home.
4.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (67% speak English very well, 33% speak English well).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English well).
1.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 283- In family households: 255 (79 male householders, 6 female householders)
78 spouses, 84 children (76 natural, 6 adopted, 2 stepchildren), 5 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 1 parents, 0 other relatives, 2 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 28 (14 male householders (11 living alone)), 11 female householders (11 living alone)), 3 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 35 2-persons, 22 3-persons, 22 4-persons, 5 5-persons, 1 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 22 1-person, 3 2-persons,
750 married couples with children.
157 single-parent households (53 men, 104 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 6
| Here: | 15.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |