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Lower Alsace township, Berks County, PA

4,813 Population
4.8 square miles 1,004.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.1 ±6.6 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Berks County: 39.9 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$39,659 ±$4,530 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Berks County: $39,012 ±$719
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$70,945 ±$12,589 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Berks County: $77,684 ±$1,522
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

7.5% ±3.7% (362  ±179) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Berks County: 11.7% 48,747 (±0.7% / ±2,973)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

24.6 minutes ±2.6 (61,710  ±8,346) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Berks County: 25 4,625,355 (±0.4 / ±100,818)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

2,013 ±152 Number of households
  • Berks County: 161,701 ±913
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.4 ±0.2 (4,811  ±57) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Berks County: 2.6 416,342 (±0 / ±216)
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

6.5% ±5.5% (69  ±60) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Berks County: 5.5% † 5,329 (±0.6% / ±574)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

2,093 ±168 Number of housing units
  • Berks County: 171,147 ±210
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$199,400 ±$13,649 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Berks County: $239,700 ±$2,406
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

5.3% ±3% (253  ±141.7) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Berks County: 10.7% 45,498 (±0.6% / ±2,510.5)
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

95.2% ±9.3% (3,399  ±372.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Berks County: 88.4% 259,846 (±1.2% / ±3,555.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
23.4% ±4.7% (835  ±171.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Berks County: 27.2% 79,881 (±0.7% / ±2,028.6)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 34.5% 3,157,318 (±0.2% / ±14,182.6)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

5% ±3.7% (239  ±176) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Berks County: 8.8% 37,631
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

7% ±3.7% (269  ±144) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Berks County: 5.8% 19,224 (±0.2% / ±794)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
269 Total veterans ±144 212 Male ±81 57 Female ±80

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