Kenhorst ( ) is a

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Berks County, Pennsylvania Berks County (Pennsylvania Dutch language, Pennsylvania Dutch: ''Barricks Kaundi'') is a County (United States), county in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the coun ...

, United States. The population was 3,001 at the 2020 census.

Geography

Kenhorst is located in central Berks County at (40.308092, -75.944042). It is bordered by the city of

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to the north and east and by Cumru Township to the south and west, including the

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of Grill to the southeast. According to the

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, the borough has a total area of , all land.

Transportation

As of 2012, there were of public roads in Kenhorst, of which were maintained by the

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(PennDOT) and were maintained by the borough.

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follows New Holland Road on a north-south alignment through the heart of Kenhorst. U.S. Route 222 Business follows Lancaster Avenue along a northeast-southwest alignment along the northwest edge of the borough.

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follows Philadelphia Avenue on an east-west alignment along the south edge of the borough.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 2,679 people, 1,215 households, and 789 families living in the borough. The population density was . There were 1,254 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the borough was 95.86%

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, 0.82%

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, 0.04% Native American, 1.61% Asian, 1.05% from other races, and 0.63% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 2.02% of the population. There were 1,215 households, out of which 22.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.9% were

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living together, 8.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.0% were non-families. 30.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.20 and the average family size was 2.72. In the borough the population was spread out, with 18.4% under the age of 18, 4.3% from 18 to 24, 29.9% from 25 to 44, 22.8% from 45 to 64, and 24.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females there were 93.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.2 males. The median income for a household in the borough was $40,452, and the median income for a family was $44,762. Males had a median income of $37,243 versus $27,162 for females. The

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for the borough was $21,379. About 6.1% of families and 7.9% of the population were below the

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, including 12.0% of those under age 18 and 14.1% of those age 65 or over.

Gallery

File:War Memorial, Kenhorst BerksCo PA 02.JPG, War Memorial in Kenhorst. File:New Holland Rd 1500, Kenhorst BerksCo PA.JPG, New Holland Rd. File:Lacrosse Ave, Kenhorst BerksCo PA 03.JPG, Lacrosse Ave. File:St Stephens Memorial Cemetery, Kenhorst BerksCo PA 01.JPG, St. Stephen's Memorial Cemetery. File:St Stephens Memorial Cemetery, Kenhorst BerksCo PA 02.JPG, St. Nicolas Chapel at Memorial Cemetery.

References

External links

Borough of Kenhorst official website
{{authority control Populated places established in 1931 Boroughs in Berks County, Pennsylvania 1931 establishments in Pennsylvania