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Reading, PA

96,008 Population
9.8 square miles 9,754 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.9 ±2.2 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Reading, PA Metro Area: 39.8 ±0.6
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Pennsylvania: 41.2 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$19,034 ±$1,477 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in the Reading, PA Metro Area: $37,873 ±$1,285
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,674 ±$329
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$40,081 ±$6,611 Median household income
  • about half the amount in the Reading, PA Metro Area: $78,074 ±$3,457
  • about half the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,545 ±$816
  • about half the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

33.4% ±5.4% (31,136  ±4,987) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Reading, PA Metro Area: 13.4% † 56,987 (±1.5% / ±6,333)
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.6% 1,464,236 (±0.3% / ±33,897)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

24.8 minutes ±1 (856,205  ±85,597) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Reading, PA Metro Area: 26.4 5,049,300 (±0.8 / ±217,492)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 27.1 149,007,180 (±0.2 / ±1,276,446)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

33,334 ±1,937 Number of households
  • the Reading, PA Metro Area: 165,017 ±2,068
  • Pennsylvania: 5,361,724 ±11,743
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.8 ±0.2 (92,830  ±129) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Reading, PA Metro Area: 2.6 425,673 (±0 / ±1,072)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,638,571
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4.9% ±2.6% (1,230  ±650) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Reading, PA Metro Area: 3.9% † 3,908 (±1.1% / ±1,068)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.8% 139,720 (±0.2% / ±5,970)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

35,408 ±1,945 Number of housing units
  • the Reading, PA Metro Area: 172,255 ±425
  • Pennsylvania: 5,861,320 ±507
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$157,200 ±$9,232 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Reading, PA Metro Area: $281,100 ±$6,610
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $277,600 ±$1,517
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

19.6% ±4.5% (18,600  ±4,258.7) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Reading, PA Metro Area: 12.1% † 52,766 (±1.4% / ±6,116)
  • about double the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.1% 1,304,951 (±0.3% / ±33,022.9)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

70.4% ±5.6% (40,672  ±3,568.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Reading, PA Metro Area: 87.9% 264,582 (±2.6% / ±7,676.3)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.4% 8,556,816 (±0.5% / ±44,451.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
14% ±2.8% (8,095  ±1,646.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Reading, PA Metro Area: 28.6% 85,933 (±1.5% / ±4,449.4)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 36.4% 3,369,510 (±0.3% / ±28,358.2)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

35.5% ±4.1% (34,050  ±3,952) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Reading, PA Metro Area: 12.2% 53,428
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 8.3% 1,090,675
  • more than double the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

3.5% ±1% (2,426  ±718) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Reading, PA Metro Area: 5.3% 18,206 (±0.5% / ±1,764)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.8% 601,407 (±0.1% / ±10,364)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
2,426 Total veterans ±718 2,061 Male ±674 365 Female ±299

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