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Reading township, Adams County, PA

5,831 Population
26.3 square miles 221.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.5 ±3.4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Adams County: 43.8 ±0.3
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$40,745 ±$4,019 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Adams County: $39,339 ±$812
  • a little less than the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$92,044 ±$21,238 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Adams County: $81,071 ±$2,227
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

4.1% ±3.3% (236  ±189) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Adams County: 8.4% † 8,439 (±0.9% / ±939)
  • about one-third of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

33.2 minutes ±3.7 (90,365  ±15,162) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Adams County: 28.6 1,324,995 (±0.6 / ±42,788)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

2,267 ±147 Number of households
  • Adams County: 40,411 ±326
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.6 ±0.2 (5,829  ±31) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Adams County: 2.5 100,831 (±0 / ±89)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

2,500 ±174 Number of housing units
  • Adams County: 43,377 ±73
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$253,800 ±$25,431 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Adams County: $256,100 ±$4,794
  • a little higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

4.1% ±2.6% (238  ±153) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Adams County: 9.8% 10,251 (±1% / ±1,003.7)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

89.9% ±8.3% (3,807  ±417.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Adams County: 90.7% 67,143 (±2% / ±1,455.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
22.9% ±5.4% (971  ±235.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Adams County: 24.8% 18,329 (±1.1% / ±825.7)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 34.5% 3,157,318 (±0.2% / ±14,182.6)

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

1.9% ±1.3% (109  ±77) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Adams County: 3.4% 3,559
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

6.9% ±2.7% (322  ±128) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Adams County: 8.1% 6,791 (±0.6% / ±515)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
322 Total veterans ±128 322 Male ±128 N/A Female ±16

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