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Reading town, Middlesex County, MA

25,612 Population
10 square miles 2,567.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.7 ±2.3 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Middlesex County: 38.9 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 40 ±0.1

Economics

$74,991 ±$4,132 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Middlesex County: $69,556 ±$581
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Massachusetts: $57,897 ±$291
$165,912 ±$12,806 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Middlesex County: $130,847 ±$1,164
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Massachusetts: $103,960 ±$527

3.2% ±1.1% (804  ±283) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Middlesex County: 7.7% 122,596 (±0.3% / ±4,532)
  • about one-third of the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 684,548 (±0.2% / ±9,915)

30.9 minutes ±1.6 (284,965  ±28,044) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Middlesex County: 29.9 20,027,116 (±0.2 / ±201,745)
  • a little higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 29.1 85,790,930 (±0.1 / ±442,067)

Families

9,740 ±400 Number of households
  • Middlesex County: 634,215 ±1,681
  • Massachusetts: 2,785,042 ±5,182
2.6 ±0.1 (25,370  ±28) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Middlesex County: 2.5 1,578,949 (±0 / ±254)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.4 6,798,980

8.1% ±2.8% (413  ±150) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Middlesex County: 4.6% 18,523 (±0.3% / ±1,052)
  • nearly double the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 74,761 (±0.1% / ±2,382)

Housing

9,951 ±365 Number of housing units
  • Middlesex County: 664,267 ±238
  • Massachusetts: 3,030,406 ±453

$809,000 ±$21,607 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Middlesex County: $727,800 ±$3,891
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Massachusetts: $562,100 ±$2,169

8.5% ±2.3% (2,137  ±575.8) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Middlesex County: 12.8% 207,868 (±0.4% / ±5,782)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Massachusetts: 11.7% 814,835 (±0.2% / ±10,826.5)

Social

96.2% ±4.2% (17,511  ±938.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Middlesex County: 93.2% 1,081,524 (±0.7% / ±7,546)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,556,673 (±0.4% / ±17,302.2)
66.3% ±3.5% (12,073  ±732.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Middlesex County: 59.5% 690,381 (±0.5% / ±5,529.1)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Massachusetts: 47.3% 2,357,947 (±0.2% / ±11,582.5)

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

9.5% ±2.5% (2,434  ±646) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Middlesex County: 23.1% 378,142
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 18.1% 1,271,206

4.5% ±1.3% (887  ±256) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Middlesex County: 3.3% 43,892 (±0.1% / ±1,337)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 4.3% 243,596 (±0.1% / ±3,368)
887 Total veterans ±256 794 Male ±226 93 Female ±77

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