Mount Penn, Pennsylvania - City Information, Fast Facts, Schools, Colleges, and More

Demographics

People

Total Population	3,134
Male Share of the Population	45.6%
Female Share of the Population	54.4%
Senior Citizens	13.9%
Employed Population 16+	1,608
Age of the Population	33

Families

% of people married	38.1%
Average household size	2

Education and Earnings

Population % with Bachelor Degree or Higher	14.9%
Median Earnings25+	$37,233
Median Earnings Without High School Qualification	$0
Median Earnings With High School Degree	$29,000

Wealth

Median Family Income	$55,536
% Above Poverty Level	82.7%
% Below Poverty Level	17.3%

Commute & Sprawl

Average Commute Time	24 minutes
% Working from Home	2.5%
% Walking and Biking to Work	6%
% Using Public Transportation	1.9%

Housing

People Living Alone	31.7%
Median Gross Rent	$957
Median House Value	$108,600

Ancestry

Other(often includes Hispanic and African American)	27.5%
Irish	12.1%
Polish	11.9%
Italian	8.3%
English	7%
German	3.7%
French Except Basque	1.6%
Dutch	1.4%
Hungarian	1.1%
Russian	0.7%
Greek	0.7%
Trinidad Tobago	0.6%
West Indian	0.6%
Welsh	0.6%
Ukrainian	0.6%
Czech	0.6%
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Mount Penn Almanac

Category	Value
County	Berks County
Standard Zip Codes	19606
Phone Area Codes	610
Time Zone	America/New_York
Approximate Latitude	40.34
Approximate Longitude	-75.86

Mount Penn Climate

Nearest Weather Stations

Notes:

Temp ranges are avg daily min and max for the month
Precipitation is rainfall (and rainfall equiv of snowfall)

Station	READING 4 NNW
Distance	6.5 miles
Jan Temp	21 to 38 F
Apr Temp	40 to 62 F
Jul Temp	65 to 85 F
Oct Temp	43 to 65 F
Annual Precip	44.8 inches

Station	HOPEWELL MORGANTOWN
Distance	11.2 miles
Jan Temp	20 to 37 F
Apr Temp	39 to 60 F
Jul Temp	62 to 83 F
Oct Temp	42 to 64 F
Annual Precip	48 inches

Station	HAMBURG
Distance	16.1 miles
Jan Temp	18 to 36 F
Apr Temp	39 to 61 F
Jul Temp	63 to 84 F
Oct Temp	41 to 63 F
Annual Precip	46.6 inches

Nearby Cities and Towns

Location	Population	Median Family Income
Kenhorst	2,870	$67,222
Reading	88,211	$35,162
Shillington	5,300	$68,141
St. Lawrence	2,060	$69,554
West Reading	4,215	$48,966
Wyomissing	10,452	$111,299

Mount Penn Public Schools

Mt Penn El Sch
2310 Cumberland Ave
ZIP: 19606
(610) 779-3547
Primary
Total Enrollment 403

Mount Penn Private Schools

Winston Hall
2249 Fairview Ave
ZIP: 19606
Elementary
Total Enrollment 10

Sources :

American Community Survey, 2017, U.S. Census Bureau, https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/
Hospitals, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/hospitals, accessed November 2017
Private Schools, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/private-schools, accessed November 2017
Public Libraries Survey, 2015, Institute of Museum and Library Services, https://www.imls.gov/research-evaluation/data-collection/public-libraries-survey
Public Schools, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/public-schools , accessed November 2017
ZIP Code Database (All ZIPs with cities used by USPS plus the primary timezone, area code, and county), 2017, https://www.unitedstateszipcodes.org/zip-code-database/

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