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Reading town, Middlesex County, MA

25,415 Population
10 square miles 2,547.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.2 ±1.9 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Middlesex County: 38.8 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 39.8 ±0.1

Economics

$66,745 ±$4,073 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Middlesex County: $64,197 ±$620
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $53,513 ±$287
$154,662 ±$14,004 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Middlesex County: $121,304 ±$1,349
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Massachusetts: $96,505 ±$551

3.5% ±1.4% (893  ±361) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Middlesex County: 7.4% 117,050 (±0.3% / ±4,262)
  • about one-third of the rate in Massachusetts: 9.9% 672,361 (±0.2% / ±11,769)

31.7 minutes ±1.2 (326,285  ±25,998) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Middlesex County: 30.5 21,647,150 (±0.2 / ±217,806)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 29.4 90,231,104 (±0.1 / ±461,562)

Families

9,478 ±392 Number of households
  • Middlesex County: 629,775 ±1,705
  • Massachusetts: 2,740,995 ±5,239
2.7 ±0.1 (25,219  ±23) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Middlesex County: 2.5 1,569,712 (±0 / ±318)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,755,387

7.1% ±2.4% (361  ±126) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Middlesex County: 4.5% 17,863 (±0.3% / ±1,204)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 73,661 (±0.2% / ±2,434)

Housing

9,727 ±376 Number of housing units
  • Middlesex County: 658,555 ±263
  • Massachusetts: 2,999,314 ±412

$713,200 ±$20,211 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Middlesex County: $654,300 ±$3,495
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Massachusetts: $483,900 ±$1,329

6.4% ±1.9% (1,615  ±,464.9) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Middlesex County: 13.4% 216,021 (±0.4% / ±5,640.5)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 12.2% 844,491 (±0.2% / ±12,252.6)

Social

96.6% ±4.7% (17,322  ±,947.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Middlesex County: 93.4% 1,069,866 (±0.7% / ±7,487.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.2% 4,488,514 (±0.3% / ±16,301.1)
64.7% ±3.9% (11,596  ±759) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Middlesex County: 58.5% 669,550 (±0.5% / ±5,733.8)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Massachusetts: 45.9% 2,258,811 (±0.2% / ±10,925.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

8.5% ±2.7% (2,165  ±678) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Middlesex County: 22.2% 360,997
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 17.6% 1,227,846

5.9% ±1.4% (1,149  ±275) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Middlesex County: 3.7% 48,667 (±0.1% / ±1,669)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 4.8% 266,304 (±0.1% / ±4,154)
1,149 Total veterans ±275 1,071 Male ±242 78 Female ±83

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