Food Stamps in Mertztown, Pennsylvania (Unincorporated Place)

Income On and Off Food Stamps#1

Median income among households that do and do not receive food stamps.
Scope: households in Pennsylvania and Mertztown
Mertztown
Pennsylvania
$0k$20k$40k$60kCountAllNot On Food Stamps$53,846.000000$54,895.000000$53,846.000000$53.8k306$54,295.000000$61,723.000000$54,295.000000$54.3k292
Count number of households in category

Characteristics of Households Receiving Food Stamps#2

Households with given characteristics as a percentage of all households that receive food stamps.
Scope: households in Pennsylvania and Mertztown
Mertztown
Pennsylvania
0%20%40%60%80%100%%ChildrenSingle MomDisability1Over 601Poverty20.000000%0.000000%0.0%46.751442%0.000%0%0.000000%0.000000%0.0%27.423709%0.000%0%100.000000%50.444809%100.000000%100.0%13.462%13.5%100.000000%31.598751%100.000000%100.0%11.667%11.7%0.000000%0.000000%0.0%49.582511%0.000%0%
% households on food stamps as a percentage of all households with the given characteristic
1at least one qualifying person 2income in last 12 months below poverty level

Characteristics of Households Not Receiving Food Stamps#3

Households with given characteristics as a percentage of all households that do not receive food stamps.
Scope: households in Pennsylvania and Mertztown
Mertztown
Pennsylvania
0%10%20%30%40%%ChildrenSingle MomDisability1Over 601Poverty227.397260%25.836228%27.397260%27.4%100.000%100%11.986301%4.394403%11.986301%12.0%100.000%100%30.821918%23.066642%30.821918%30.8%86.538%86.5%36.301370%41.546186%36.301370%36.3%88.333%88.3%11.986301%7.254037%11.986301%12.0%100.000%100%
% households not on food stamps as a percentage of all households with the given characteristic
1at least one qualifying person 2income in last 12 months below poverty level

On Food Stamps by Race#4

Percentage of given ethno-racial group on food stamps.
Scope: households in Pennsylvania and Mertztown
Mertztown
Pennsylvania
0%10%20%30%40%Count%White1All RacesOther24.827586%9.237836%4.827586%4.8%14105.517241%106%4.575163%12.983035%4.575163%4.6%14100.000000%100%0.000000%0.000000%0.0%40.323048%00.000000%0%
Count number of households on food stamps in given ethno-racial group
% percentage more or less than the population at large
1non-Hispanic white 2including Hispanic 3white Hispanic

Food Stamps by Place in the Reading Area

There are 85 places in the Reading Area. This section compares Mertztown to all of the places in the Reading Area and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Mertztown.

Most Food Stamps by Place#5

Food Stamp recipients as a percentage of all households.
Scope: population of Mertztown, selected other places in the Reading Area, and entities that contain Mertztown
0%10%20%30%40%Count#ReadingHyde ParkMount PennDouglassvilleMohrsvilleStony Creek MillsStony Crk MillsHerefordLaureldaleStouchsburgPennsideWest LawnReading Metro AreaReading AreaBerks CountyBerksWest ReadingHamburgMiddle AtlanticSouth TempleNortheastUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesPennsylvaniaMuhlenberg ParkMuhlenberg PkTempleWalnuttownMount AetnaNew MorganSinking SpringSinking SpgWernersvilleBirdsboroAlsace ManorSpringmontShartlesvilleShillingtonGrillKenhorstRobesoniaMohntonLongswamp TownshipLongswampZIP Code 19539ZIP 19539Edenburg014200Tract 014200Brandywine Heights Area School DistrictBrandywine HtsKutztownBlandonLoraneMertztownVirginvilleWhitfieldWyomissingColony ParkNew JerusalemFrystownNew SchaefferstownSchubertBowersKempton44.333023%44.333023%44.3%12,86512.9k120.889749%20.889749%20.9%216219.700552%19.700552%19.7%250319.047619%19.047619%19.0%72418.823529%18.823529%18.8%48518.082192%18.082192%18.1%66616.023739%16.023739%16.0%54715.617128%15.617128%15.6%248815.270936%15.270936%15.3%31914.543195%14.543195%14.5%2341014.369501%14.369501%14.4%981113.823458%13.823458%13.8%21,07421.1k13.823458%13.823458%13.8%21,07421.1k13.736264%13.736264%13.7%2251213.431270%13.431270%13.4%2561313.364894%13.364894%13.4%2,061,2852.06M13.321799%13.321799%13.3%771413.194686%13.194686%13.2%2,780,9862.78M13.049135%13.049135%13.0%15,360,95115.4M12.983035%12.983035%13.0%644,209644k11.920530%11.920530%11.9%901511.705202%11.705202%11.7%811611.693548%11.693548%11.7%291711.250000%11.250000%11.3%181811.111111%11.111111%11.1%11910.613811%10.613811%10.6%1662010.330138%10.330138%10.3%972110.050251%10.050251%10.1%200229.868421%9.868421%9.9%15239.594096%9.594096%9.6%26249.442060%9.442060%9.4%22259.198543%9.198543%9.2%202268.858603%8.858603%8.9%52278.782609%8.782609%8.8%101288.745247%8.745247%8.7%69298.673091%8.673091%8.7%117308.508810%8.508810%8.5%1987.534626%7.534626%7.5%1367.407407%7.407407%7.4%24367.054455%7.054455%7.1%2286.782575%6.782575%6.8%3555.818001%5.818001%5.8%117424.978663%4.978663%5.0%140474.643064%4.643064%4.6%80484.575163%4.575163%4.6%14493.968254%3.968254%4.0%5543.442438%3.442438%3.4%61602.368905%2.368905%2.4%103660.000000%0.000000%0.0%0720.000000%0.000000%0.0%0780.000000%0.000000%0.0%0800.000000%0.000000%0.0%0810.000000%0.000000%0.0%0820.000000%0.000000%0.0%0830.000000%0.000000%0.0%084
Count number of households on food stamps
# rank of place out of 84 by percentage on food stamps

Food Stamps by Place in Pennsylvania

There are 1,761 places in Pennsylvania. This section compares Mertztown to the 50 most populous places in Pennsylvania and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Mertztown. The least populous of the compared places has a population of 14,002.

Most Food Stamps by Place#6

Food Stamp recipients as a percentage of all households.
Scope: population of Mertztown, selected other places in Pennsylvania, and entities that contain Mertztown
0%10%20%30%40%Count#ReadingChesterJohnstownYorkMcKeesportNew CastleHarrisburgLebanonLancasterWilkes-BarreAllentownErieHazletonWilliamsportNorristownAltoonaPhiladelphiaScrantonEastonWilkinsburgChambersburgPottstownGreensburgBethlehemPittsburghCarlisleReading Metro AreaReading AreaBerks CountyBerksMiddle AtlanticNortheastHanoverUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesPennsylvaniaWest MifflinIndianaFullertonBloomsburgBaldwinHermitageDrexel HillLongswamp TownshipLongswampPhoenixvilleLansdaleZIP Code 19539ZIP 19539LevittownWillow Grove014200Tract 014200Brandywine Heights Area School DistrictBrandywine HtsMonroevilleWest ChesterPlumHersheyState CollegeMertztownBethel ParkKing of PrussiaAllison ParkMurrysvilleHorshamUpper St. ClairFranklin Park44.333023%44.333023%44.3%12,86512.9k140.482343%40.482343%40.5%4,700238.825125%38.825125%38.8%3,721335.934809%35.934809%35.9%5,843435.332804%35.332804%35.3%3,116535.108605%35.108605%35.1%3,362634.192483%34.192483%34.2%6,832731.785568%31.785568%31.8%3,101830.655699%30.655699%30.7%6,522930.627692%30.627692%30.6%4,6941029.085692%29.085692%29.1%12,06312.1k1127.864170%27.864170%27.9%11,41411.4k1227.839717%27.839717%27.8%2,5221326.477167%26.477167%26.5%2,8411426.394203%26.394203%26.4%3,2421525.573382%25.573382%25.6%4,7501625.315915%25.315915%25.3%147,489147k1722.888490%22.888490%22.9%6,6341822.473701%22.473701%22.5%2,1151922.471080%22.471080%22.5%1,8262021.386163%21.386163%21.4%1,7652121.240743%21.240743%21.2%1,9792220.895071%20.895071%20.9%1,3822318.654445%18.654445%18.7%5,3932417.343865%17.343865%17.3%23,03323.0k2515.820286%15.820286%15.8%1,1622613.823458%13.823458%13.8%21,07421.1k13.823458%13.823458%13.8%21,07421.1k13.364894%13.364894%13.4%2,061,2852.06M13.194686%13.194686%13.2%2,780,9862.78M13.189270%13.189270%13.2%8852713.049135%13.049135%13.0%15,360,95115.4M12.983035%12.983035%13.0%644,209644k12.648040%12.648040%12.6%1,1002810.743802%10.743802%10.7%4682910.683488%10.683488%10.7%6693010.521903%10.521903%10.5%5023110.216203%10.216203%10.2%860329.256560%9.256560%9.3%635338.937330%8.937330%8.9%984348.508810%8.508810%8.5%1988.046749%8.046749%8.0%599357.922945%7.922945%7.9%510367.534626%7.534626%7.5%1367.480337%7.480337%7.5%1,341377.460450%7.460450%7.5%448387.054455%7.054455%7.1%2286.782575%6.782575%6.8%3556.693760%6.693760%6.7%840396.402985%6.402985%6.4%429405.362805%5.362805%5.4%592415.012713%5.012713%5.0%276424.764657%4.764657%4.8%577434.575163%4.575163%4.6%144.451902%4.451902%4.5%597443.090716%3.090716%3.1%262453.049410%3.049410%3.0%266462.513621%2.513621%2.5%203472.454308%2.454308%2.5%141481.318401%1.318401%1.3%93491.308226%1.308226%1.3%6650
Count number of households on food stamps
# rank of place out of 50 by percentage on food stamps

Food Stamps by Place in the Northeast

There are 4,274 places in the Northeast. This section compares Mertztown to the 50 most populous places in the Northeast and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Mertztown. The least populous of the compared places has a population of 71,389.

Most Food Stamps by Place#7

Food Stamp recipients as a percentage of all households.
Scope: population of Mertztown, selected other places in the Northeast, and entities that contain Mertztown
0%10%20%30%40%Count#ReadingLawrenceCamdenHartfordPatersonSpringfieldRochesterBuffaloProvidenceNew BritainSyracuseWaterburyLynnNewarkAllentownFall RiverBrocktonBridgeportErieTrentonNew HavenNew BedfordPawtucketPhiladelphiaLowellScrantonWorcesterAlbanyNew YorkElizabethBostonBethlehemPittsburghYonkersJersey CityManchesterReading Metro AreaReading AreaBerks CountyBerksMiddle AtlanticNortheastUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesPennsylvaniaCheektowagaWarwickDanburyQuincyCranstonCliftonNashuaSomervilleNew RochelleStamfordLongswamp TownshipLongswampCambridgeNorwalkZIP Code 19539ZIP 19539Toms River014200Tract 014200Brandywine Heights Area School DistrictBrandywine HtsMertztownNewton44.333023%44.333023%44.3%12,86512.9k143.670174%43.670174%43.7%11,24911.2k243.170259%43.170259%43.2%10,69510.7k341.537790%41.537790%41.5%19,04319.0k439.804428%39.804428%39.8%17,42217.4k537.003988%37.003988%37.0%20,69320.7k634.826485%34.826485%34.8%29,88629.9k734.412955%34.412955%34.4%37,74037.7k832.144141%32.144141%32.1%19,67819.7k931.225549%31.225549%31.2%8,7801030.808773%30.808773%30.8%17,08117.1k1130.441676%30.441676%30.4%12,09612.1k1229.691086%29.691086%29.7%9,5731329.258268%29.258268%29.3%27,54927.5k1429.085692%29.085692%29.1%12,06312.1k1528.861492%28.861492%28.9%11,07311.1k1628.501766%28.501766%28.5%9,1181728.212562%28.212562%28.2%14,20714.2k1827.864170%27.864170%27.9%11,41411.4k1927.097172%27.097172%27.1%7,4652026.525268%26.525268%26.5%13,26913.3k2126.343812%26.343812%26.3%10,34110.3k2225.954060%25.954060%26.0%7,1412325.315915%25.315915%25.3%147,489147k2423.167678%23.167678%23.2%8,9742522.888490%22.888490%22.9%6,6342622.095544%22.095544%22.1%15,29115.3k2721.582487%21.582487%21.6%8,8242820.381006%20.381006%20.4%637,568638k2919.514573%19.514573%19.5%7,8073019.103130%19.103130%19.1%49,53949.5k3118.654445%18.654445%18.7%5,3933217.343865%17.343865%17.3%23,03323.0k3316.679687%16.679687%16.7%12,17012.2k3416.195840%16.195840%16.2%16,13316.1k3514.949843%14.949843%14.9%6,7663613.823458%13.823458%13.8%21,07421.1k13.823458%13.823458%13.8%21,07421.1k13.364894%13.364894%13.4%2,061,2852.06M13.194686%13.194686%13.2%2,780,9862.78M13.049135%13.049135%13.0%15,360,95115.4M12.983035%12.983035%13.0%644,209644k12.970071%12.970071%13.0%4,3253711.472754%11.472754%11.5%4,0363811.398083%11.398083%11.4%3,3543910.627025%10.627025%10.6%4,2324010.439867%10.439867%10.4%3,1784110.239060%10.239060%10.2%2,981429.748058%9.748058%9.7%3,401439.677620%9.677620%9.7%3,119449.304714%9.304714%9.3%2,627458.981722%8.981722%9.0%4,285468.508810%8.508810%8.5%1988.428167%8.428167%8.4%3,666477.835101%7.835101%7.8%2,600487.534626%7.534626%7.5%1367.073936%7.073936%7.1%2,346497.054455%7.054455%7.1%2286.782575%6.782575%6.8%3554.575163%4.575163%4.6%144.239757%4.239757%4.2%1,31050
Count number of households on food stamps
# rank of place out of 50 by percentage on food stamps

Food Stamps by Place in the United States

There are 29,322 places in the United States. This section compares Mertztown to the 50 most populous places in the United States and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Mertztown. The least populous of the compared places has a population of 383,899.

Most Food Stamps by Place#8

Food Stamp recipients as a percentage of all households.
Scope: population of Mertztown, selected other places in the United States, and entities that contain Mertztown
0%10%20%30%40%Count#DetroitClevelandMiamiMilwaukeeBaltimorePhiladelphiaMemphisFresnoEl PasoNew YorkChicagoTucsonPortlandBostonColumbusIndianapolisAtlantaPhoenixJacksonvilleDallasSan AntonioTulsaMinneapolisLouisvilleFort WorthAlbuquerqueHoustonWashingtonKansas CityNashville-DavidsonOklahoma CityLas VegasSacramentoReading Metro AreaReading AreaBerks CountyBerksMiddle AtlanticArlingtonNortheastUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesPennsylvaniaWichitaCharlotteOmahaLong BeachOaklandMesaColorado SpringsColorado SpgsDenverLos AngelesSeattleRaleighAustinLongswamp TownshipLongswampZIP Code 19539ZIP 19539014200Tract 014200San JoseVirginia BeachVirginia BchBrandywine Heights Area School DistrictBrandywine HtsSan DiegoSan FranciscoMertztown42.327373%42.327373%42.3%108,775109k135.848492%35.848492%35.8%59,89159.9k232.200736%32.200736%32.2%52,03852.0k330.439719%30.439719%30.4%70,25070.3k425.907118%25.907118%25.9%62,80362.8k525.315915%25.315915%25.3%147,489147k624.779032%24.779032%24.8%62,34962.3k723.459108%23.459108%23.5%38,49138.5k821.836606%21.836606%21.8%48,37948.4k920.381006%20.381006%20.4%637,568638k1019.820560%19.820560%19.8%206,645207k1119.541946%19.541946%19.5%40,58140.6k1219.219520%19.219520%19.2%49,28549.3k1319.103130%19.103130%19.1%49,53949.5k1417.388647%17.388647%17.4%59,16859.2k1517.376020%17.376020%17.4%57,63457.6k1617.272886%17.272886%17.3%32,70532.7k1716.536703%16.536703%16.5%89,11189.1k1816.488666%16.488666%16.5%53,09453.1k1916.142911%16.142911%16.1%78,75478.8k2016.101953%16.101953%16.1%79,16379.2k2116.080399%16.080399%16.1%26,53726.5k2215.944948%15.944948%15.9%27,07527.1k2315.898351%15.898351%15.9%39,29539.3k2415.408373%15.408373%15.4%43,05543.1k2515.230887%15.230887%15.2%33,70933.7k2615.083509%15.083509%15.1%125,369125k2714.960260%14.960260%15.0%41,37241.4k2814.878116%14.878116%14.9%29,22329.2k2914.826522%14.826522%14.8%38,46438.5k3014.606174%14.606174%14.6%34,39934.4k3114.583438%14.583438%14.6%31,96532.0k3213.904317%13.904317%13.9%25,00925.0k3313.823458%13.823458%13.8%21,07421.1k13.823458%13.823458%13.8%21,07421.1k13.364894%13.364894%13.4%2,061,2852.06M13.305549%13.305549%13.3%17,94217.9k3413.194686%13.194686%13.2%2,780,9862.78M13.049135%13.049135%13.0%15,360,95115.4M12.983035%12.983035%13.0%644,209644k12.955792%12.955792%13.0%19,60619.6k3512.867008%12.867008%12.9%39,89339.9k3612.344705%12.344705%12.3%21,58221.6k3711.829013%11.829013%11.8%19,39019.4k3811.614665%11.614665%11.6%18,46018.5k3911.059321%11.059321%11.1%19,10019.1k4011.033109%11.033109%11.0%19,61419.6k4110.333295%10.333295%10.3%29,04429.0k429.844866%9.844866%9.8%133,527134k439.579263%9.579263%9.6%29,13629.1k449.299252%9.299252%9.3%16,18216.2k459.253601%9.253601%9.3%33,16533.2k468.508810%8.508810%8.5%1987.534626%7.534626%7.5%1367.054455%7.054455%7.1%2287.031769%7.031769%7.0%22,31322.3k476.899331%6.899331%6.9%11,55711.6k486.782575%6.782575%6.8%3556.386941%6.386941%6.4%31,31031.3k495.164561%5.164561%5.2%18,42718.4k504.575163%4.575163%4.6%14
Count number of households on food stamps
# rank of place out of 50 by percentage on food stamps

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State:
Pennsylvania
County:
Berks
Metro Area:
Reading Area
Township:
Longswamp
ZIP Code:
19539
Unified School District:
Brandywine Heights
Congressional District:
PA-15
State Senate District:
PA-24
State House District:
PA-134
Nearby Boroughs:
Alburtis, Kutztown, Lyons, Macungie, Topton
Nearby Unincorporated Places:
Ancient Oaks, Bowers, Breinigsville, Dryville, Trexlertown