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Reading, KS

195 Population
0.2 square miles 914.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.9 ±15.7 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 34 ±0.5
  • a little less than the figure in Kansas: 37.2 ±0.2

Economics

$31,870 ±$6,509 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: $30,005 ±$1,045
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $39,638 ±$405
$65,938 ±$43,244 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: $58,788 ±$2,302
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $72,639 ±$453

8.8% ±6.5% (17  ±14) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 14.8% † 4,970 (±2.2% / ±745)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kansas: 11.5% 328,475 (±0.2% / ±6,622)

28 minutes ±2.8 (2,690  ±1,212) Mean travel time to work
  • nearly double the figure in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 15.5 254,260 (±0.9 / ±17,180)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Kansas: 19.8 25,567,516 (±0.1 / ±214,272)

Families

83 ±26 Number of households
  • the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 14,467 ±302
  • Kansas: 1,160,715 ±3,961
2.4 ±0.4 (195  ±71) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 2.3 33,503 (±0.1 / ±19)
  • a little less than the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,850,913

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

Housing

83 ±26 Number of housing units
  • the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 16,395 ±54
  • Kansas: 1,285,221 ±690

$47,700 ±$10,905 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-third of the amount in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: $137,800 ±$7,992
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Kansas: $203,400 ±$1,329

13.3% ±14.7% (26  ±30.3) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 22% † 7,552 (±2.8% / ±972.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 14.8% 431,125 (±0.3% / ±7,618.8)

Social

96.2% ±49% (127  ±39.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 89.5% 19,079 (±3.5% / ±761.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 91.9% 1,776,698 (±0.5% / ±9,574.8)
13.6% ±10.3% (18  ±15.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 27.9% 5,939 (±1.9% / ±412.6)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 35.2% 679,664 (±0.3% / ±5,586.1)

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

N/A Foreign-born population

17.7% ±11.1% (28  ±20) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 6.5% † 1,740 (±0.7% / ±196)
  • more than double the rate in Kansas: 7% 154,967 (±0.1% / ±2,456)
28 Total veterans ±20 22 Male ±17 6 Female ±10

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