Census Reporter Logo Census Reporter

19601

36,493 Population
3.8 square miles 9,700.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

Find data for this place

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.

Demographics

32 ±1.3 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Reading, PA Metro Area: 39.9 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$20,249 ±$1,611 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in the Reading, PA Metro Area: $39,012 ±$719
  • about half the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$41,133 ±$4,231 Median household income
  • about half the amount in the Reading, PA Metro Area: $77,684 ±$1,522
  • about half the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

29.8% ±4.5% (10,808  ±1,699) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Reading, PA Metro Area: 11.7% 48,747 (±0.7% / ±2,973)
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

24.2 minutes ±1 (314,365  ±26,192) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Reading, PA Metro Area: 25 4,625,355 (±0.4 / ±100,818)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

12,788 ±724 Number of households
  • the Reading, PA Metro Area: 161,701 ±913
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.8 ±0.2 (35,880  ±1,740) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Reading, PA Metro Area: 2.6 416,342 (±0 / ±216)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

10.1% ±3% (952  ±292) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in the Reading, PA Metro Area: 5.5% † 5,329 (±0.6% / ±574)
  • about double the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

14,024 ±726 Number of housing units
  • the Reading, PA Metro Area: 171,147 ±210
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$110,700 ±$11,733 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Reading, PA Metro Area: $239,700 ±$2,406
  • about half the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

18.1% ±3.2% (6,439  ±1,180.6) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Reading, PA Metro Area: 10.7% 45,498 (±0.6% / ±2,510.5)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

72.6% ±3.7% (16,117  ±1,124.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Reading, PA Metro Area: 88.4% 259,846 (±1.2% / ±3,555.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
11.5% ±1.6% (2,562  ±375.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Reading, PA Metro Area: 27.2% 79,881 (±0.7% / ±2,028.6)
  • about one-third 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

23.6% ±2.7% (8,609  ±1,073) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Reading, PA Metro Area: 8.8% 37,631
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

2.8% ±0.8% (730  ±204) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the Reading, PA Metro Area: 5.8% 19,224 (±0.2% / ±794)
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
730 Total veterans ±204 688 Male ±200 42 Female ±36

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.