With 10,317 people, Berwick is a city in Pennsylvania. Four-year degrees are less common here than nationally, at 21% of adults. Households here earn about 36% less than in Pennsylvania as a whole. The typical home is worth $156,500, having more than doubled since 2000. The foreign-born share is 3%. There are 3,356 people per square mile.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $49,800, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 40.5
US median: 38.9
Less educated
21% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Berwick
What changed most since 1990
White share99.3% → 90.4%(−8.9 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Poverty rate10.6% → 16.5%(+5.9 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
Homes owned by their occupants64.4% → 60.3%(−4.1 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
Berwick's population equals 16% of Columbia County's. Its number of people who work from home equals 11% of the county's. Its number of households earning $100,000 or more equals 13% 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)25.9%(166)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)24.7%(158)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era30.6%(196)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War8.9%(57)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 640 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
Berwick, decade by decade
Berwick 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
10,979
$49,017
$105,603
6.3%
1.9
2000
10,774
$49,990
$126,423
8.5%
8.9
2010
10,477
$46,182
$124,436
9.9%
17.6
2020
10,327
$51,420
$125,567
19.0%
31.7
2024
10,317
$49,800
$156,500
21.3%
22.5
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.
