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Reading, KS

157 Population
0.2 square miles 736.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.1 ±15.4 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 33.6 ±0.5
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 37.1 ±0.1

Economics

$28,794 ±$7,565 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: $29,617 ±$1,483
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $38,108 ±$364
$57,750 ±$20,991 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: $56,068 ±$2,680
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $69,747 ±$479

9.7% ±9% (15  ±15) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 15.7% † 5,250 (±2.1% / ±703)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 11.6% 329,870 (±0.3% / ±7,570)

28.3 minutes ±21.1 (2,210  ±1,160) Mean travel time to work
  • nearly double the figure in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 15.4 254,385 (±0.7 / ±15,139)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,744,330 (±0.1 / ±198,234)

Families

75 ±30 Number of households
  • the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 14,288 ±305
  • Kansas: 1,148,635 ±4,002
2.1 ±1.1 (157  ±58) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 2.3 33,481 (±0.1 / ±28)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,849,396

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

Housing

79 ±30 Number of housing units
  • the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 16,405 ±56
  • Kansas: 1,278,548 ±518

$47,900 ±$14,542 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-third of the amount in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: $131,600 ±$6,903
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Kansas: $189,300 ±$1,228

14.7% ±21.5% (23  ±34.7) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 23.2% † 7,974 (±2.7% / ±,918.7)
  • a little less than the rate in Kansas: 15.6% 451,476 (±0.3% / ±7,585.2)

Social

91.9% ±11% (102  ±37.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 88.3% 18,630 (±3.8% / ±,813.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 91.8% 1,768,151 (±0.5% / ±9,162)
11.7% ±18.3% (13  ±20.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 26.7% 5,630 (±2.1% / ±,440.4)
  • about one-third of the rate in Kansas: 34.7% 668,265 (±0.3% / ±5,604.1)

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

N/A Foreign-born population

24.4% ±11.9% (33  ±20) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 6.7% † 1,808 (±0.9% / ±247)
  • more than double the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 163,472 (±0.1% / ±2,693)
33 Total veterans ±20 27 Male ±17 6 Female ±11

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