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1880
1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Pennsylvania - Berks County - Amity - ED 6-3, 1880
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About Amity
Township in Pennsylvania, USAmity Township is a township in Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 13,435 at the 2020 census. Amity Township, especially in the Douglassville area, is seeing growth in development as a bedroom community for Philadelphia and Reading. The township was so named for the cordial relationship, or amity, between Swedish settlers and the local Native Americans.
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Housing in Amity
The typical Amity home is worth about $258,000, about the same as a year ago, 11% below the Pennsylvania typical home.
Safety in Amity
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A grade needs all of the FBI's latest years (2023–2025). Amity's police department reported only 2024 and 2025, so we don't grade it yet. The figures below are still real.
Schools in Amity
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The public schools Amity’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 65% of Pennsylvania’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within PA. Ratings are from neighbors.
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Where Amity is
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