Earl township, Berks County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (51% naturalized citizens)
| Earl township: | 1.7% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
74% of Earl township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 60% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 81% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2741
- Northeast: 101
- Midwest: 49
- South: 67
- West: 41
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $96,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
8 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
7 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 996
- One, attached: 14
- Two: 15
- Mobile homes: 172
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 4
Median worth of mobile homes: $74,800
Housing units in Earl township with a mortgage: 556 (49 second mortgage, 152 home equity loan, 4 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 200
- Construction (20%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Plastics and rubber products (3%)
- Health care (17%)
- Finance and insurance (10%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Apparel (4%)
- Textile mills and textile products (3%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Earl township:
- German (40.5%)
- United States or American (10.2%)
- Irish (9.8%)
- Pennsylvania German (8.8%)
- Italian (4.9%)
- English (4.8%)
- Dutch (3.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (23%)
- Austria (15%)
- Korea (15%)
- Mexico (15%)
- Philippines (9%)
- Germany (8%)
- Russia (8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,379 (82%)
- Carpooled: 189 (11%)
- Motorcycle: 3 (0%)
- Bicycle: 7 (0%)
- Walked: 33 (2%)
- Other means: 11 (1%)
- Worked at home: 57 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (64%)
- Electricity (17%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (10%)
- Wood (5%)
- Coal or coke (2%)
- Other fuel (1%)
- Utility gas (1%)
8 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
7 people in nursing homes
95.9% of residents of Earl township speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (70% speak English very well, 30% speak English not well).
2.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (94% speak English very well, 6% speak English well).
0.9% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,043- In family households: 2,745 (781 male householders, 122 female householders)
796 spouses, 938 children (899 natural, 11 adopted, 28 stepchildren), 46 grandchildren, 8 brothers or sisters, 10 parents, 22 other relatives, 22 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 298 (142 male householders (113 living alone)), 105 female householders (90 living alone)), 51 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 23 (15 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 394 2-persons, 213 3-persons, 205 4-persons, 56 5-persons, 35 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 203 1-person, 34 2-persons, 10 3-persons,
573 married couples with children.
76 single-parent households (40 men, 36 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 42
| Here: | 11.7% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 15
| Here: | 7.2% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 23
| Here: | 28.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |