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Reading township, Perry County, OH

4,383 Population
50.2 square miles 87.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.9 ±6.9 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Perry County: 41.3 ±0.4
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Ohio: 39.7 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$30,595 ±$3,707 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Perry County: $32,288 ±$1,571
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Ohio: $40,552 ±$167
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$71,875 ±$17,329 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Perry County: $67,460 ±$5,445
  • about the same as the amount in Ohio: $71,389 ±$321
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

15.7% ±7.8% (667  ±331) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Perry County: 14.7% † 5,183 (±1.9% / ±674)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Ohio: 13.3% 1,529,692 (±0.2% / ±18,999)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

35.5 minutes ±3.7 (59,205  ±9,335) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Perry County: 33.2 483,715 (±1.6 / ±30,947)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Ohio: 23.4 114,422,230 (±0.1 / ±513,925)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,551 ±164 Number of households
  • Perry County: 13,452 ±242
  • Ohio: 4,863,191 ±8,557
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.8 ±0.3 (4,312  ±27) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Perry County: 2.6 35,232 (±0.1 / ±9)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Ohio: 2.4 11,519,651
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7% ±4.4% (68  ±44) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Perry County: 4.7% † 354 (±1.6% / ±122)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Ohio: 5.4% 144,308 (±0.1% / ±3,283)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,746 ±167 Number of housing units
  • Perry County: 15,044 ±35
  • Ohio: 5,292,391 ±464
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$265,900 ±$18,120 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Perry County: $191,100 ±$9,760
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Ohio: $214,800 ±$742
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

4.8% ±2.9% (207  ±123.4) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Perry County: 7.2% † 2,556 (±1.2% / ±437)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Ohio: 12% 1,396,093 (±0.1% / ±15,825.1)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93% ±8.4% (2,755  ±305) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Perry County: 88.4% 21,826 (±3.5% / ±870)
  • about the same as the rate in Ohio: 91.8% 7,495,699 (±0.3% / ±21,141.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
21.5% ±4.9% (635  ±149.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Perry County: 16.2% † 3,990 (±1.9% / ±460.3)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Ohio: 31.5% 2,570,052 (±0.2% / ±13,133.4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

N/A Foreign-born population

9.9% ±3.2% (316  ±103) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Perry County: 8.5% † 2,316 (±1.1% / ±307)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Ohio: 6.6% 605,840 (±0.1% / ±5,765)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
316 Total veterans ±103 286 Male ±100 30 Female ±31

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