Tulpehocken township, Berks County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (50% naturalized citizens)
Tulpehocken township: | 3.0% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
64% of Tulpehocken township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 41% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 66% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2711
- Northeast: 159
- Midwest: 94
- South: 164
- West: 22
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $95,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.5% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in Tulpehocken township, Pennsylvania:
- 244 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 32 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
- 18 people in nursing homes
- 3 people in other nonhousehold living situations
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 824
- One, attached: 32
- Two: 34
- 3 or 4: 40
- 5 to 9: 4
- Mobile homes: 118
Median worth of mobile homes: $40,600
Housing units in Tulpehocken township with a mortgage: 409 (15 second mortgage, 90 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 178
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (13%)
- Metal and metal products (13%)
- Construction (12%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (5%)
- Health care (4%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Health care (15%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (4%)
- Food (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (3%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Tulpehocken township:
- German (52.1%)
- United States or American (11.6%)
- Irish (4.5%)
- Swiss (4.0%)
- Italian (3.9%)
- English (2.3%)
- Dutch (2.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (42%)
- Korea (25%)
- United Kingdom (12%)
- Italy (9%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (8%)
- Chile (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,186 (78%)
- Carpooled: 152 (10%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 4 (0%)
- Walked: 96 (6%)
- Other means: 20 (1%)
- Worked at home: 55 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (66%)
- Electricity (20%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (6%)
- Wood (6%)
- Coal or coke (2%)
- Utility gas (1%)
People in group quarters in Tulpehocken township, Pennsylvania:
- 244 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 32 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
- 18 people in nursing homes
- 3 people in other nonhousehold living situations
92.5% of residents of Tulpehocken township speak English at home.
3.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (59% speak English very well, 3% speak English well, 4% speak English not well, 34% don't speak English at all).
4.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (63% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 11% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,990- In family households: 2,725 (709 male householders, 91 female householders)
747 spouses, 1,049 children (991 natural, 15 adopted, 43 stepchildren), 14 grandchildren, 12 brothers or sisters, 21 parents, 30 other relatives, 52 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 265 (119 male householders (90 living alone)), 81 female householders (61 living alone)), 65 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 300 (14 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 301 2-persons, 168 3-persons, 165 4-persons, 84 5-persons, 53 6-persons, 29 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 151 1-person, 35 2-persons, 7 3-persons, 7 4-persons,
814 married couples with children.
81 single-parent households (35 men, 46 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 120
Here: | 30.5% |
Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 36
Here: | 17.5% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 4
Here: | 16.0% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |