Muhlenberg township, Berks County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (59% naturalized citizens)
| Muhlenberg township: | 2.7% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
67% of Muhlenberg township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 81% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 42% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 14137
- Northeast: 737
- Midwest: 296
- South: 342
- West: 119
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $68,100
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Muhlenberg township, Pennsylvania:
- 191 people in nursing homes
- 84 people in religious group quarters
- 69 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 27 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 19 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 4,553
- One, attached: 1,244
- Two: 170
- 3 or 4: 232
- 5 to 9: 107
- 10 to 19: 159
- 20 to 49: 105
- 50 or more: 64
- Mobile homes: 273
Median worth of mobile homes: $28,100
Housing units in Muhlenberg township with a mortgage: 2,999 (321 second mortgage, 394 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2,001
- Construction (9%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Computer and electronic products (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (4%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (4%)
- Health care (13%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Food (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (3%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Muhlenberg township:
- German (40.4%)
- Italian (12.6%)
- Irish (7.5%)
- Polish (6.4%)
- United States or American (6.3%)
- Pennsylvania German (4.6%)
- English (3.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (29%)
- Germany (20%)
- Italy (10%)
- Romania (5%)
- India (5%)
- Barbados (4%)
- Austria (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 6,886 (87%)
- Carpooled: 620 (8%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 47 (1%)
- Subway or elevated: 16 (0%)
- Walked: 153 (2%)
- Other means: 5 (0%)
- Worked at home: 143 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (47%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (39%)
- Electricity (10%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
People in group quarters in Muhlenberg township, Pennsylvania:
- 191 people in nursing homes
- 84 people in religious group quarters
- 69 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 27 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 19 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
92.1% of residents of Muhlenberg township speak English at home.
3.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (62% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 11% speak English not well, 11% don't speak English at all).
4.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (79% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (83% speak English very well, 17% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 15,895- In family households: 13,537 (3,867 male householders, 812 female householders)
3,864 spouses, 4,160 children (3,835 natural, 54 adopted, 271 stepchildren), 189 grandchildren, 48 brothers or sisters, 188 parents, 104 other relatives, 305 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 2,358 (817 male householders (595 living alone)), 1,185 female householders (1,102 living alone)), 356 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 390 (174 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 2,366 2-persons, 1,008 3-persons, 878 4-persons, 308 5-persons, 88 6-persons, 31 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,697 1-person, 276 2-persons, 18 3-persons, 8 4-persons, 3 6-persons,
2,439 married couples with children.
613 single-parent households (195 men, 418 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 166
| Here: | 10.2% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 77
| Here: | 9.3% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 148
| Here: | 36.5% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |