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East Berlin borough, Pennsylvania: commercial real estate data.
East Berlin borough is a Census borough of 1,523 people across 0.70 square miles of land, in Adams County. Median household income is $73,523, 61.2 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 7 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $413,500.
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East Berlin
What East Berlin is
- Census place typeborough
- Land area0.7 sq mi
- Water area0.03 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land2,167
- County holding the largest share of its areaAdams County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
East Berlin
How many people live in East Berlin
- Population1,523
- Median age44.5
- Population under 18291
- Share under 1819.1 percent
- Population 65 and over368
- Share 65 and over24.2 percent
- Households668
- Family households443
- Share of households that are families66.3 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
East Berlin
Income and work in East Berlin
- Median household income$73,523
- Per capita income$36,520
- Civilian labor force887
- Employed814
- Unemployed73 plus or minus 66
- Unemployment rate8.2 percent plus or minus 7.4
- Adults 25 and over1,137
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher86.3 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher20.4 percent plus or minus 5.2
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree12.8 percent plus or minus 4.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
East Berlin
Housing in East Berlin
- Housing units690
- Occupied units668
- Vacant units22 plus or minus 22
- Vacancy rate3.2 percent plus or minus 3.2
- Owner occupied409
- Renter occupied259
- Ownership rate61.2 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$242,000
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,077
- Annual rent as a share of median income17.6 percent
- Single family units458
- Share single family66.4 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more226 plus or minus 63
- Share in buildings of two or more32.8 percent plus or minus 8.5
- Mobile homes6 plus or minus 6
- Median year structure built1955
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
East Berlin
How East Berlin gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute748
- Commuting under 15 minutes180 plus or minus 57
- Share commuting under 15 minutes24.1 percent plus or minus 7.0
- Commuting 30 minutes or more248 plus or minus 56
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more33.2 percent
- Drove alone79.3 percent
- Carpooled8.7 percent plus or minus 3.6
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked3.6 percent plus or minus 2.5
- Worked from home8.2 percent plus or minus 3.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
East Berlin
SBA loans in East Berlin (7(a))
- Approvals7
- Gross approval$413,500
- Average approval$59,071
- Median approval$51,500
- Ninetieth percentile approval$150,000
- Largest approval$150,000
- Jobs supported2
- Jobs per approval0.3
- Loans with a final outcome3
- Paid in full3
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders1
- Distinct industries by NAICS4
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 3 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
East Berlin
SBA loans in East Berlin (504)
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$542,000
- Average approval$542,000
- Median approval$542,000
- Largest approval$542,000
- Jobs supported4
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
East Berlin
Flood risk in East Berlin
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number420001
- Currently effective map date02/18/09
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Adams County, not East Berlin
Adams County context, not East Berlin figures
These are Adams County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as East Berlin measurements.
- Establishments in Adams County1,967
- Employment at those establishments, Adams County27,990
- Covered employment, Adams County33,195
- Average annual pay, Adams County$54,542
- Average weekly wage, Adams County$1,049
- Housing units permitted, Adams County403
- Of those, single family, Adams County403
- County product, 2024, Adams County$4,729,052,000
- County product change over the prior year, Adams County3.3 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Adams County$71,105
Every figure in this section is published for Adams County as a whole and is not a measurement of East Berlin. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
East Berlin questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in East Berlin, Pennsylvania?
1,523, in 668 households. East Berlin borough covers 0.70 square miles of land, which is 2,167 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is East Berlin in?
Adams County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in East Berlin?
$73,523. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $242,000. Median gross rent is $1,077 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to East Berlin businesses?
7 7(a) approvals totalling $413,500, across 1 lenders, median approval $51,500, plus 1 504 approvals worth $542,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in East Berlin, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to East Berlin borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for East Berlin. only 3 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Is East Berlin in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. East Berlin appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 420001, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page East Berlin figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Adams County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of East Berlin.
Is zoning published for East Berlin?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.