Berlin is a city of 2,481 people in Pennsylvania. 14% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, below the 36% national rate. At a median age of 47.3, this is an older place than the country as a whole. Home values have risen by half since 2000, reaching $117,900. 0% of residents were born outside the United States. That trails the Pennsylvania median by roughly 27%.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $56,574, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 47.3
US median: 38.9
Less educated
14% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
More affordable
home values down 10%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Berlin
What changed most since 1990
White share100.0% → 90.9%(−9.1 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Hispanic share0.0% → 3.2%(+3.2 pts)US over the same years: +9.9 pts
Median age37.3 → 47.3(+10.0 years)US over the same years: +6.0 years
Berlin's population equals 3.4% of Somerset County's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 0.5% of the county's. Its number of people who work from home equals 1.5% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)3.7%(6)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)11%(18)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era23.8%(39)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War23.8%(39)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 164 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Berlin, decade by decade
Berlin population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
2,048
$58,110
$122,884
11.7%
0.0
2000
2,192
$53,227
$131,159
13.2%
1.5
2010
2,104
$44,669
$128,033
11.4%
4.4
2020
2,003
$58,535
$141,687
11.0%
9.3
2024
2,481
$56,574
$117,900
14.3%
21.2
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
