Food Stamps in Sinking Spring, Pennsylvania (Borough)

Income On and Off Food Stamps#1

Median income among households that do and do not receive food stamps.
Scope: households in Pennsylvania and Sinking Spring
Sinking Spring
Pennsylvania
$0k$20k$40k$60kCountAllOn Food StampsNot On Food Stamps$53,939.000000$54,895.000000$53,939.000000$53.9k1,564$21,429.000000$18,584.000000$21,429.000000$21.4k166$60,385.000000$61,723.000000$60,385.000000$60.4k1,398
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 Sinking Spring
Sinking Spring
Pennsylvania
0%20%40%60%80%%ChildrenSingle MomMarriedDisability1Over 601Poverty285.542169%46.751442%85.542169%85.5%26.443%26.4%37.951807%27.423709%37.951807%38.0%36.842%36.8%41.566265%13.438030%41.566265%41.6%20.294%20.3%60.240964%50.444809%60.240964%60.2%28.090%28.1%6.024096%31.598751%6.024096%6.0%2.463%2.46%43.975904%49.582511%43.975904%44.0%65.766%65.8%
% 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 Sinking Spring
Sinking Spring
Pennsylvania
0%10%20%30%40%%ChildrenSingle MomMarriedDisability1Over 601Poverty228.254649%25.836228%28.254649%28.3%73.557%73.6%7.725322%4.394403%7.725322%7.7%63.158%63.2%19.384835%19.259725%19.384835%19.4%79.706%79.7%18.311874%23.066642%18.311874%18.3%71.910%71.9%28.326180%41.546186%28.326180%28.3%97.537%97.5%2.718169%7.254037%2.718169%2.7%34.234%34.2%
% 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 Sinking Spring
Sinking Spring
Pennsylvania
0%20%40%60%Count%Hispanic1Other2Mixed2All RacesWhite3Black2Asian277.272727%31.366897%77.272727%77.3%34728.039430%728%51.388889%40.323048%51.388889%51.4%37484.170013%484%48.275862%29.026860%48.275862%48.3%14454.840050%455%10.613811%12.983035%10.613811%10.6%166100.000000%100%6.017831%9.237836%6.017831%6.0%8156.698115%57%0.000000%0.000000%0.0%33.028918%00.000000%0%0.000000%0.000000%0.0%10.630162%00.000000%0%
Count number of households on food stamps in given ethno-racial group
% percentage more or less than the population at large
1white Hispanic 2including Hispanic 3non-Hispanic white

Food Stamps by Place in the Reading Area

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

Most Food Stamps by Place#5

Food Stamp recipients as a percentage of all households.
Scope: population of Sinking Spring, selected other places in the Reading Area, and entities that contain Sinking Spring
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 Morgan010902Tract 010902Sinking SpringSinking SpgWernersvilleBirdsboroAlsace ManorSpringmontShartlesvilleShillingtonGrillKenhorstRobesoniaMohntonEdenburgKutztownWilson School DistrictWilsonZIP Code 19608ZIP 19608BlandonLoraneVirginvilleWhitfieldWyomissingColony 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%16610.613811%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%117307.407407%7.407407%7.4%24365.818001%5.818001%5.8%117425.544489%5.544489%5.5%8355.492189%5.492189%5.5%4434.978663%4.978663%5.0%140474.643064%4.643064%4.6%80483.968254%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 Sinking Spring to the 50 most populous places in Pennsylvania and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Sinking Spring. 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 Sinking Spring, selected other places in Pennsylvania, and entities that contain Sinking Spring
0%10%20%30%40%Count#ReadingChesterJohnstownYorkMcKeesportNew CastleHarrisburgLebanonLancasterWilkes-BarreAllentownErieHazletonWilliamsportNorristownAltoonaPhiladelphiaScrantonEastonWilkinsburgChambersburgPottstownGreensburgBethlehemPittsburghCarlisleReading Metro AreaReading AreaBerks CountyBerksMiddle AtlanticNortheastHanoverUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesPennsylvaniaWest MifflinIndianaFullerton010902Tract 010902Sinking SpringSinking SpgBloomsburgBaldwinHermitageDrexel HillPhoenixvilleLansdaleLevittownWillow GroveMonroevilleWest ChesterWilson School DistrictWilsonZIP Code 19608ZIP 19608PlumHersheyState CollegeBethel 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%6693010.613811%10.613811%10.6%16610.613811%10.613811%10.6%16610.521903%10.521903%10.5%5023110.216203%10.216203%10.2%860329.256560%9.256560%9.3%635338.937330%8.937330%8.9%984348.046749%8.046749%8.0%599357.922945%7.922945%7.9%510367.480337%7.480337%7.5%1,341377.460450%7.460450%7.5%448386.693760%6.693760%6.7%840396.402985%6.402985%6.4%429405.544489%5.544489%5.5%8355.492189%5.492189%5.5%4435.362805%5.362805%5.4%592415.012713%5.012713%5.0%276424.764657%4.764657%4.8%577434.451902%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 Sinking Spring to the 50 most populous places in the Northeast and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Sinking Spring. 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 Sinking Spring, selected other places in the Northeast, and entities that contain Sinking Spring
0%10%20%30%40%Count#ReadingLawrenceCamdenHartfordPatersonSpringfieldRochesterBuffaloProvidenceNew BritainSyracuseWaterburyLynnNewarkAllentownFall RiverBrocktonBridgeportErieTrentonNew HavenNew BedfordPawtucketPhiladelphiaLowellScrantonWorcesterAlbanyNew YorkElizabethBostonBethlehemPittsburghYonkersJersey CityManchesterReading Metro AreaReading AreaBerks CountyBerksMiddle AtlanticNortheastUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesPennsylvaniaCheektowagaWarwickDanburyQuincy010902Tract 010902Sinking SpringSinking SpgCranstonCliftonNashuaSomervilleNew RochelleStamfordCambridgeNorwalkToms RiverWilson School DistrictWilsonZIP Code 19608ZIP 19608Newton44.333023%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%4,2324010.613811%10.613811%10.6%16610.613811%10.613811%10.6%16610.439867%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%4,285468.428167%8.428167%8.4%3,666477.835101%7.835101%7.8%2,600487.073936%7.073936%7.1%2,346495.544489%5.544489%5.5%8355.492189%5.492189%5.5%4434.239757%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 Sinking Spring to the 50 most populous places in the United States and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Sinking Spring. 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 Sinking Spring, selected other places in the United States, and entities that contain Sinking Spring
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 Spgs010902Tract 010902Sinking SpringSinking SpgDenverLos AngelesSeattleRaleighAustinSan JoseVirginia BeachVirginia BchSan DiegoWilson School DistrictWilsonZIP Code 19608ZIP 19608San Francisco42.327373%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%19,61419.6k4110.613811%10.613811%10.6%16610.613811%10.613811%10.6%16610.333295%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%33,16533.2k467.031769%7.031769%7.0%22,31322.3k476.899331%6.899331%6.9%11,55711.6k486.386941%6.386941%6.4%31,31031.3k495.544489%5.544489%5.5%8355.492189%5.492189%5.5%4435.164561%5.164561%5.2%18,42718.4k50
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
ZIP Code:
19608
Unified School District:
Wilson
Congressional District:
PA-16
State Senate District:
PA-29
State House District:
PA-129
Neighboring Townships:
Lower Heidelberg, South Heidelberg
Neighboring Unincorporated Places:
Springmont, West Wyomissing, Whitfield
Nearby Boroughs:
Mohnton, Shillington, Wernersville, Wyomissing
Nearby Unincorporated Places:
Colony Park, Lincoln Park, Montrose Manor, Pennwyn, Spring Ridge, West Lawn