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POPULAR REAL ESTATE NEAR Mount Penn, PA Reading, PA (Albright College/Lorraine Rd), Reading, PA (Flying Hills), Reading, PA (Lorane), Reading, PA (Muhlenberg/River View Park), Reading, PA (Old Wyomissing Rd/Museum Rd), Reading, PA (Perkiomen Ave/Hill Rd), Reading, PA (Spring Ridge/Whitfield), Reading, PA (West Lawn), St. Lawrence, PA, Wyomissing, PA
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| MEDIAN HOUSE VALUE | $163,794 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| RENTAL PRICE | medium cost relative to PA, medium cost relative to the nation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| NEIGHBORHOOD LOOK, FEEL, & CHARACTER |
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| THE SETTING | Urban (based on population density) |
| TYPE OF HOMES / DWELLINGS | mostly Single-family homes, some Rowhouses & attached homes, some Small apartment buildings, a few Complexes/high rise apartments |
| SIZE OF HOMES / DWELLINGS | mostly Medium-sized dwellings (3 or 4 bedrooms), some Small dwellings (1, 2 or no bedrooms), a few Large dwellings (4, 5 or more bedrooms) |
| AGE OF HOMES / DWELLINGS | mostly Historic homes (Built 1939 or earlier), some Well established older homes (Built 1940 - 1969), a few Newer Homes (Built 1995 or later) |
| HOME OWNERSHIP | Mixed owners & renters |
| SPECIAL CHARACTER | mostly Walkable, Urban Sophisticates, Quiet, Artsy/funky |
| THE NEIGHBORS | DETAILS |
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| AGE & LIFESTYLE | mostly Young singles-upwardly mobile (young, educated, professionally employed, and single), some Families with children (family households with school-aged children), some Mixed ages, some Seniors (people 65 and over), some College students (people currently attending college) |
| EDUCATION LEVEL | Rating: 6 (5 is average for the U.S., 10 is most educated) |
| INCOME | Middle income (near average income for America) |
| OCCUPATIONS | mostly Executive, managerial & professional, some Clerical, assistants & technical support, some Manufacturing & Laborers, some Sales & Service workers |
| ETHNICITY/ANCESTRY | mostly White (non-Hispanic), some Irish ancestry, some Italian ancestry, some Hispanic, some Puerto Rican, some East Asian |
| LANGUAGES | mostly English speaking, some Spanish speaking |
School Rating Information
ANTIETAM SD School District
1,116 Students enrolled in District
| DISTRICT RATING COMPARED TO STATE (10 is best) |
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| Better than: of PA school districts |
8.0% |
DISTRICT RATING COMPARED TO U.S. (10 is best) |
4 |
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| Better than: of US school districts |
35.9% |
STUDENTS PER CLASSROOM |
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| 13 |
| STATE AVERAGE 15 |
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Public School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind)
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| PROFICIENT IN READING & MATH |
PROFICIENT IN READING |
PROFICIENT IN MATH |
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| SCHOOLS IN THIS DISTRICT | GRADES |
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| ANTIETAM MS/HS 100 ANTIETAM RD, READING, PA 19606 (610) 779-3545 |
07-12 |
| MT PENN EL SCH 2310 CUMBERLAND AVE, MOUNT PENN, PA 19606 (610) 779-3547 |
02-06 |
| MT PENN PRIMARY CTR 201 NORTH 25TH STREET, READING, PA 19606 (610) 370-2898 |
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| ETHNIC/RACIAL GROUPS | THIS DISTRICT | THIS STATE |
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| WHITE (NON-HISPANIC) (%) | 84.1 | 74.8 |
| BLACK (%) | 4.8 | 16.2 |
| HISPANIC (%) | 9.3 | 6.4 |
| ASIAN OR PACIFIC ISLANDER (%) | 1.6 | 2.5 |
| AMERICAN INDIAN OR NATIVE OF ALASKA (%) | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| ECONOMIC GROUPS | THIS DISTRICT | THIS STATE |
| ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED (%) | 24.3 | 31.4 |
| FOR THIS DISTRICT | PER STUDENT | TOTAL | % OF TOTAL |
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| INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES | $5,553 | $6,197,000 | 46.6 |
| SUPPORT EXPENDITURES | |||
| STUDENT | $451 | $503,000 | 3.8 |
| STAFF | $267 | $298,000 | 2.2 |
| GENERAL ADMINISTRATION | $286 | $319,000 | 2.4 |
| SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION | $513 | $573,000 | 4.3 |
| OPERATION | $809 | $903,000 | 6.8 |
| TRANSPORTATION | $126 | $141,000 | 1.1 |
| OTHER | $335 | $374,000 | 2.8 |
| TOTAL SUPPORT | $2,788 | $3,111,000 | 23.4 |
| NON-INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES | $3,575 | $3,990,000 | 30.0 |
| TOTAL EXPENDITURES | $11,916 | $13,298,000 | 100.0 |
Mount Penn EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT  |
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| ADULTS IN Mount Penn WITH COLLEGE DEGREE OR HIGHER (%) | 18.1 |
| CHILDREN IN Mount Penn LIVING IN POVERTY (%) | 4.7 |
Mount Penn Appreciation Rates
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| PERIOD | TOTAL APPRECIATION | AVG. ANNUAL RATE | COMPARED TO PA* |
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| Since 1990 |  101.08%
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5.32%
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About Mount Penn
Mount Penn is a very small borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 3,025 people and just one neighborhood, Mount Penn is the 548th largest community in Pennsylvania. Mount Penn has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic boroughs in the country.
Unlike some boroughs where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Mount Penn is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Mount Penn is a borough of sales and office workers, managers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Mount Penn who work in office and administrative support jobs (18.32%), sales jobs (10.45%), and management occupations (9.68%).
Also of interest is that Mount Penn has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
In addition, Mount Penn is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.
Mount Penn is a small borough, and as is often the case with smaller towns, the population isn't large or dense enough to support much in the way of a public transportation system. In fact, there are many rural roads around Mount Penn, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 96.6% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities.
Mount Penn is a small borough, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
Mount Penn Information and Demographics
The education level of Mount Penn citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 18.37% of adults in Mount Penn have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Mount Penn in 2000 was $21,738, which is upper middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $86,952 for a family of four.
The people who call Mount Penn home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Mount Penn is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Mount Penn include German, Italian, Polish, Irish, and English.
The most common language spoken in Mount Penn is English. Some people also speak Spanish.
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