Berks County, Pennsylvania

433,015 people. The median home is worth $257,300 (typical Pennsylvania town: $214,250) and the median household earns $79,777.

Towns in Berks County

Town	People	Median home	Income	Median age
Reading	95,112	$121,300	$44,091	31.9
Spring	28,407	$286,900	$94,837	42.2
Exeter	25,466	$281,800	$100,083	43.5
Muhlenberg	21,915	$233,300	$88,069	42.3
Cumru	15,619	$282,900	$90,797	43.5
Amity	13,396	$362,600	$118,296	40.0
Wyomissing	11,114	$339,900	$93,203	49.2
Maidencreek	9,169	$290,400	$111,842	42.7
South Heidelberg	7,663	$311,800	$110,615	44.3
Robeson	7,538	$362,700	$93,009	42.9
Blandon	7,289	$290,700	$109,417	45.2
Maxatawny	7,181	$290,000	$69,412	20.7
Bern	6,706	$339,500	$117,897	54.5
Lower Heidelberg	6,230	$422,100	$123,476	42.9
Longswamp	5,567	$253,500	$81,948	52.6
Shillington	5,475	$203,500	$79,922	36.9
Pennside	5,190	$207,600	$77,192	39.1
Colebrookdale	5,112	$249,500	$90,378	40.9
Birdsboro	5,106	$224,000	$86,290	38.5
Whitfield	4,911	$311,700	$126,740	47.3
Lower Alsace	4,716	$213,800	$76,250	42.2
Brecknock	4,602	$353,300	$129,432	47.4
West Reading	4,553	$173,100	$65,885	35.4
Washington	4,443	$351,700	$98,859	53.6
Lorane	4,290	$259,900	$84,293	46.3
Sinking Spring	4,286	$283,200	$82,500	38.3
Laureldale	4,277	$179,500	$69,821	35.3
Reiffton	4,274	$318,500	$128,750	43.6
Hamburg	4,270	$205,100	$55,446	38.2
Boyertown	4,264	$212,600	$56,723	41.3
Caernarvon	4,234	$338,400	$107,639	42.2
Kutztown	4,162	$263,100	$53,090	37.6
Centre	4,130	$288,900	$95,375	43.9
Bethel	4,059	$270,200	$93,958	34.3
Fleetwood	4,049	$220,200	$93,276	38.7
Ruscombmanor	3,998	$346,200	$103,125	54.4
Union	3,886	$346,100	$113,159	45.9
Alsace	3,834	$227,800	$71,103	48.4
Oley	3,810	$350,100	$90,750	41.0
Amity Gardens	3,715	$335,400	$95,438	39.1
Douglass	3,670	$264,500	$79,808	53.5
Rockland	3,646	$321,800	$110,000	47.9
West Wyomissing	3,630	$208,200	$82,192	42.0
Richmond	3,603	$288,600	$76,302	42.4
Tilden	3,603	$200,200	$80,168	45.9
Greenwich	3,428	$302,500	$103,393	44.4
Tulpehocken	3,415	$279,300	$81,685	34.6
Riverview Park	3,364	$258,100	$114,598	41.9
Jacksonwald	3,246	$328,700	$119,938	47.4
Mount Penn	3,240	$176,300	$63,512	36.7
Earl	3,097	$288,800	$100,398	48.1
Kutztown University	3,094	—	$18,676	19.9
Kenhorst	3,001	$195,900	$86,705	37.8
Hereford	2,962	$392,600	$115,833	41.8
Mohnton	2,927	$237,500	$80,745	39.6
Womelsdorf	2,892	$221,600	$110,735	33.8
Hyde Park	2,806	$173,700	$78,929	37.0
Wernersville	2,776	$234,200	$75,750	45.6
Ontelaunee	2,598	$347,500	$111,154	39.5

People and housing

	Berks County	Typical Pennsylvania town
Median home value	$257,300	$214,250
Median rent	$1,181	$996
Median household income	$79,777	$75,278
Median age	39.9	44.2
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.7%	23.8%
Below the poverty line	12.2%	8.5%

Jobs and pay

173,692 jobs in 2024, average pay $63,608 a year.

BLS QCEW 2024.

BLS LAUS via USDA ERS, annual averages.

Storms since 1996

NOAA recorded 1,910 storm events in Berks County from 1996 to 2026, with 18 deaths.

NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database.

Federal disaster declarations

Berks County has been included in 23 FEMA declarations since 1953.

Declared	Incident	Declaration
March 30, 2020	Biological	DR-4506: Covid-19 Pandemic
March 13, 2020	Biological	EM-3441: Covid-19
March 23, 2016	Snowstorm	DR-4267: Severe Winter Storm And Snowstorm
October 29, 2012	Hurricane	EM-3356: Hurricane Sandy
September 12, 2011	Flood	DR-4030: Tropical Storm Lee
September 8, 2011	Flood	EM-3340: Remnants Of Tropical Storm Lee

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020–2024; BLS QCEW and LAUS; NOAA Storm Events; FEMA OpenFEMA (not endorsed by FEMA).