Reading township, Adams County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (65% naturalized citizens)
| Reading township: | 0.9% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
61% of Reading township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 46% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 63% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 4056
- Northeast: 192
- Midwest: 150
- South: 527
- West: 129
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $86,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
8 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,664
- One, attached: 28
- Two: 11
- 3 or 4: 41
- 5 to 9: 4
- 10 to 19: 9
- Mobile homes: 225
Median worth of mobile homes: $20,100
Housing units in Reading township with a mortgage: 938 (86 second mortgage, 138 home equity loan, 10 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 266
- Construction (22%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (4%)
- Health care (18%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Carpenters (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (11%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Waiters and waitresses (4%)
- Child care workers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Reading township:
- German (45.9%)
- United States or American (15.8%)
- Irish (7.5%)
- English (4.5%)
- Italian (4.3%)
- French (except Basque) (3.3%)
- Polish (2.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Other Eastern Europe (30%)
- Russia (17%)
- Japan (17%)
- Mexico (17%)
- Canada (17%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,348 (86%)
- Carpooled: 213 (8%)
- Walked: 46 (2%)
- Other means: 18 (1%)
- Worked at home: 102 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (29%)
- Electricity (26%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (23%)
- Utility gas (10%)
- Wood (9%)
- Coal or coke (1%)
8 people in homes for the mentally retarded
97.7% of residents of Reading township speak English at home.
1.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (41% speak English very well, 31% speak English well, 28% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 5,098- In family households: 4,644 (1,131 male householders, 329 female householders)
1,166 spouses, 1,720 children (1,553 natural, 49 adopted, 118 stepchildren), 88 grandchildren, 37 brothers or sisters, 35 parents, 24 other relatives, 114 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 454 (219 male householders (150 living alone)), 132 female householders (116 living alone)), 103 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 8 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 549 2-persons, 348 3-persons, 356 4-persons, 144 5-persons, 40 6-persons, 23 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 266 1-person, 75 2-persons, 10 4-persons,
1,156 married couples with children.
286 single-parent households (84 men, 202 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 35
| Here: | 4.8% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 22
| Here: | 7.3% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 16
| Here: | 18.4% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |