There are 80 cities in Berks County, Pennsylvania.
Note: As defined by the US Census Bureau, a city's official boundaries often extend miles beyond the city itself and may even cross county lines. As such, several thousand US cities officially exist in two or more counties (and therefore appear on multiple counties' lists of cities.)
City | Rank | 2024 Population | 2020 Population | Annual Change | Density (/mi²) | Area (mi²) | Type |
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Reading | 1 | 94,878 | 94,977 | -0.03% | 9,639 | 9.8 | City |
Spring township | 2 | 28,535 | 28,487 | 0.12% | 1,551 | 18.4 | Township |
Exeter township | 3 | 25,677 | 25,442 | 0.36% | 1,060 | 24.2 | Township |
Pottstown | 4 | 23,323 | 23,425 | -0.11% | 4,807 | 4.9 | Borough |
Muhlenberg township | 5 | 22,175 | 21,900 | 0.32% | 1,880 | 11.8 | Township |
Cumru township | 6 | 15,682 | 15,614 | 0.18% | 750 | 20.9 | Township |
Amity township | 7 | 13,444 | 13,392 | 0.19% | 744 | 18.1 | Township |
Wyomissing | 8 | 11,141 | 11,104 | 0.08% | 2,471 | 4.5 | Borough |
Maidencreek township | 9 | 9,211 | 9,159 | 0.16% | 684 | 13.5 | Township |
Maxatawny township | 10 | 8,356 | 7,167 | 0.14% | 321 | 26.1 | Township |
South Heidelberg township | 11 | 7,795 | 7,668 | 0.26% | 563 | 13.8 | Township |
Robeson township | 12 | 7,727 | 7,541 | 0.77% | 228 | 33.9 | Township |
Lower Heidelberg township | 13 | 6,805 | 6,241 | 2.42% | 458 | 14.8 | Township |
Bern township | 14 | 6,752 | 6,702 | 0.27% | 349 | 19.3 | Township |
Longswamp township | 15 | 5,646 | 5,562 | 0.53% | 249 | 22.7 | Township |
Shillington | 16 | 5,461 | 5,472 | -0.06% | 5,466 | 1.0 | Borough |
Colebrookdale township | 17 | 5,123 | 5,109 | 0.16% | 608 | 8.4 | Township |
Birdsboro | 18 | 5,093 | 5,101 | -0.04% | 3,847 | 1.3 | Borough |
Lower Alsace township | 19 | 4,841 | 4,743 | 0.1% | 1,010 | 4.8 | Township |
Brecknock township | 20 | 4,606 | 4,601 | 0.15% | 261 | 17.7 | Township |
West Reading | 21 | 4,541 | 4,547 | -0.04% | 7,645 | 0.6 | Borough |
Hamburg | 22 | 4,534 | 4,292 | 1.34% | 2,403 | 1.9 | Borough |
Washington township | 23 | 4,531 | 4,464 | 0.22% | 322 | 14.1 | Township |
Laureldale | 24 | 4,292 | 4,267 | 0.14% | 5,299 | 0.8 | Borough |
Caernarvon township | 25 | 4,292 | 4,236 | 0.05% | 484 | 8.9 | Township |
Sinking Spring | 26 | 4,273 | 4,279 | -0.05% | 3,443 | 1.2 | Borough |
Boyertown | 27 | 4,255 | 4,262 | -0.05% | 5,505 | 0.8 | Borough |
Centre township | 28 | 4,174 | 4,127 | 0.22% | 195 | 21.4 | Township |
Kutztown | 29 | 4,166 | 4,157 | 0.05% | 2,604 | 1.6 | Borough |
Bethel township | 30 | 4,118 | 4,059 | 0.56% | 98 | 42.2 | Township |
Fleetwood | 31 | 4,046 | 4,045 | 0% | 3,875 | 1.0 | Borough |
Ruscombmanor township | 32 | 4,024 | 3,996 | 0.3% | 295 | 13.7 | Township |
Union township | 33 | 3,992 | 3,886 | 0.6% | 170 | 23.4 | Township |
Alsace township | 34 | 3,871 | 3,832 | 0.34% | 318 | 12.2 | Township |
Oley township | 35 | 3,852 | 3,807 | 0.23% | 161 | 23.9 | Township |
Douglass township | 36 | 3,798 | 3,663 | 0.88% | 301 | 12.6 | Township |
Rockland township | 37 | 3,657 | 3,641 | 0.16% | 216 | 16.9 | Township |
Tilden township | 38 | 3,657 | 3,596 | 0.77% | 193 | 18.9 | Township |
Tulpehocken township | 39 | 3,656 | 3,427 | 1.19% | 156 | 23.5 | Township |
Richmond township | 40 | 3,651 | 3,606 | 0.11% | 154 | 23.7 | Township |
Greenwich township | 41 | 3,447 | 3,423 | 0.26% | 111 | 30.9 | Township |
Macungie | 42 | 3,265 | 3,255 | 0.06% | 3,301 | 1.0 | Borough |
Mount Penn | 43 | 3,233 | 3,239 | -0.06% | 7,885 | 0.4 | Borough |
East Greenville | 44 | 3,154 | 3,164 | -0.1% | 6,160 | 0.5 | Borough |
Earl township | 45 | 3,144 | 3,092 | 0.64% | 229 | 13.7 | Township |
Myerstown | 46 | 3,113 | 3,097 | 0.13% | 3,637 | 0.9 | Borough |
Hereford township | 47 | 3,070 | 2,964 | 0.56% | 201 | 15.3 | Township |
Ontelaunee township | 48 | 3,011 | 2,615 | 3.58% | 347 | 8.7 | Township |
Kenhorst | 49 | 2,990 | 2,997 | -0.07% | 5,102 | 0.6 | Borough |
Mohnton | 50 | 2,915 | 2,921 | -0.07% | 3,815 | 0.8 | Borough |
Womelsdorf | 51 | 2,883 | 2,886 | -0.03% | 3,329 | 0.9 | Borough |
Wernersville | 52 | 2,769 | 2,772 | -0.04% | 3,682 | 0.8 | Borough |
Alburtis | 53 | 2,572 | 2,591 | -0.19% | 3,638 | 0.7 | Borough |
Windsor township | 54 | 2,534 | 2,484 | 0.56% | 110 | 23.0 | Township |
Perry township | 55 | 2,501 | 2,473 | 0.32% | 139 | 18.0 | Township |
Jefferson township | 56 | 2,374 | 2,364 | 0.25% | 149 | 15.9 | Township |
Penn township | 57 | 2,341 | 2,119 | 4.32% | 127 | 18.5 | Township |
Robesonia | 58 | 2,175 | 2,031 | 1.68% | 2,441 | 0.9 | Borough |
Topton | 59 | 2,037 | 2,040 | -0.05% | 2,939 | 0.7 | Borough |
Adamstown | 60 | 1,975 | 1,939 | 0.46% | 1,431 | 1.4 | Borough |
Leesport | 61 | 1,945 | 1,948 | -0.05% | 2,683 | 0.7 | Borough |
Marion township | 62 | 1,935 | 1,841 | 0.1% | 128 | 15.1 | Township |
St. Lawrence | 63 | 1,889 | 1,892 | -0.05% | 2,106 | 0.9 | Borough |
Upper Tulpehocken township | 64 | 1,875 | 1,854 | 0.48% | 81 | 23.2 | Township |
Heidelberg township | 65 | 1,737 | 1,733 | 0.23% | 122 | 14.3 | Township |
Albany township | 66 | 1,685 | 1,658 | 0.66% | 42 | 39.8 | Township |
Upper Bern township | 67 | 1,618 | 1,607 | 0.12% | 92 | 17.7 | Township |
Pike township | 68 | 1,598 | 1,591 | 0.13% | 114 | 14.0 | Township |
Richland | 69 | 1,504 | 1,496 | 0.13% | 1,086 | 1.4 | Borough |
Elverson | 70 | 1,411 | 1,329 | 1.44% | 1,415 | 1.0 | Borough |
District township | 71 | 1,377 | 1,374 | 0.14% | 119 | 11.6 | Township |
Shoemakersville | 72 | 1,355 | 1,357 | -0.07% | 2,519 | 0.5 | Borough |
North Heidelberg township | 73 | 1,229 | 1,216 | 0.49% | 91 | 13.5 | Township |
Bally | 74 | 1,217 | 1,221 | -0.08% | 2,372 | 0.5 | Borough |
Bernville | 75 | 901 | 904 | -0.11% | 2,120 | 0.4 | Borough |
Bechtelsville | 76 | 874 | 874 | 0% | 1,655 | 0.5 | Borough |
Lyons | 77 | 442 | 441 | 0% | 1,242 | 0.4 | Borough |
Centerport | 78 | 316 | 316 | 0% | 1,816 | 0.2 | Borough |
Lenhartsville | 79 | 178 | 178 | 0% | 962 | 0.2 | Borough |
New Morgan | 80 | 54 | 54 | 0% | 10 | 5.5 | Borough |
Note: City markers shown outside the county boundary mean that a part of the city extends into this county, but is primarily located in an adjacent county.
Reading is the largest city in Berks County.
New Morgan is the smallest city in Berks County.
There are 80 cities in Berks County, Pennsylvania.