Berks County, Pennsylvania Basics:
Berks County Pennsylvania - Government Site
Population: 412,948
Area: 857 square miles
County seat: Reading
Area code(s) in use: 610 717 215
Time zone: EST
High school graduate or higher: 84.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 22.3%
Median household income: $55,021
Persons in poverty: 13.5%
Home ownership rate: 72.1%
Mean travel time to work: 24.2 minutes
Adjacent counties:
Chester Lancaster Lebanon Lehigh Montgomery Schuylkill