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Pennside, Pennsylvania.

A community in Berks County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Berks County’s.

Living in Pennside, Berks County, Pennsylvania

Pennside, in Berks County, had 5,190 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $77,192 a year and half less, against $79,777 across Berks County; 6% of its people live below the poverty line. 78% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 22% are rented. Unemployment in Berks County was 4.3% in August 2026, and the county had 0.8% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in manufacturing, then schools and health care.

People 5,190 in the 2020 census
Household income $77,192 the median, give or take $14,470 · Berks County: $79,777
Unemployment 4.3% Berks County, August 2026; 5.6% a year before
Homes 78% lived in by their owners; 22% rented
  • 2,207households
  • 26%of adults have a degree
  • 6%below the poverty line
  • 28 mintypical commute
  • 9%work from home

What residents work in

  • Manufacturing20%
  • Schools, hospitals and social care19%
  • Shops (retail)14%
  • Professional and business services12%
  • Building trades7%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment6%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Berks County had 175,054 jobs in 2025, 0.8% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 39° and 23°; warmest in July, 86° and 66° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 39° 23° F M A M J J 86° 66° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 39° and 23°; warmest in July, 86° and 66° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 39° 23° F M A M J J 86° 66° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 39° and lows near 23°; warmest in July, with highs near 86° and lows near 66°. About 45 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Reading Spaatz Field weather station, 5 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Berks County

  1. Rentokil North AmericaNot required18,183
  2. East Penn Lyons StationStorage battery manufacturing6,114
  3. Reading Hospital and Medical CenterGeneral hospital4,432FTE
  4. Reading SDSchool district1,983FTE
  5. AmazonGeneral warehousing and storage1,982
  6. Carpenter TechnologySuperalloys, iron or steel, manufacturing1,977
  7. Tower Health Medical GroupClinics/centers of health practitioners with multi-industry degrees1,382
  8. AmazonGeneral warehousing and storage1,305

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 432 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 87,440 people in all across the county; Pennside has none of its own. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023) and school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. Winter weatherRelatively high
  2. Strong windRelatively moderate
  3. LightningRelatively moderate
  4. Cold wavesRelatively moderate
  5. Heat wavesRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Pennside’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Berks County.