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Reading, PA

94,897 Population
9.8 square miles 9,641.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.6 ±1.3 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Reading, PA Metro Area: 39.5 ±0.4
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Pennsylvania: 41.1 ±0.1

Economics

$18,879 ±$1,613 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in the Reading, PA Metro Area: $37,366 ±$1,363
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $42,605 ±$319
$38,814 ±$3,870 Median household income
  • about half the amount in the Reading, PA Metro Area: $75,675 ±$2,808
  • about half the amount in Pennsylvania: $73,824 ±$511

25.5% ±5.2% (23,450  ±4,785) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Reading, PA Metro Area: 12.3% † 51,476 (±1.6% / ±6,675)
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 12% 1,500,959 (±0.3% / ±35,821)

23.9 minutes ±1.2 (839,805  ±81,307) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Reading, PA Metro Area: 26 4,880,565 (±1 / ±222,728)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.5 143,170,690 (±0.2 / ±1,207,617)

Families

31,358 ±1,712 Number of households
  • the Reading, PA Metro Area: 163,307 ±1,727
  • Pennsylvania: 5,324,209 ±13,443
2.9 ±0.2 (91,434  ±154) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Reading, PA Metro Area: 2.6 418,351 (±0 / ±595)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 † 12,527,719 (±,104.4 / ±-555,555,600)

6.6% ±3.2% (1,605  ±780) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Reading, PA Metro Area: 6.2% † 6,060 (±1.3% / ±1,274)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.2% 149,597 (±0.3% / ±7,546)

Housing

35,032 ±2,222 Number of housing units
  • the Reading, PA Metro Area: 172,010 ±245
  • Pennsylvania: 5,839,797 ±484

$136,800 ±$14,350 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Reading, PA Metro Area: $261,200 ±$8,042
  • about half the amount in Pennsylvania: $259,900 ±$1,736

14.3% ±4.5% (13,318  ±4,175.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Reading, PA Metro Area: 9.3% † 39,882 (±1.3% / ±5,659.1)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.6% 1,355,260 (±0.2% / ±31,094.2)

Social

71.3% ±5.4% (39,267  ±3,478) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Reading, PA Metro Area: 87.8% 260,774 (±2.5% / ±7,419.1)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.2% 8,455,035 (±0.5% / ±43,404.4)
12.3% ±2.8% (6,774  ±1,576.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Reading, PA Metro Area: 26.9% 80,004 (±1.4% / ±4,190.8)
  • about one-third of the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.3% 3,241,343 (±0.3% / ±27,591.6)

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

26.3% ±3.8% (24,952  ±3,568) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Reading, PA Metro Area: 10.5% † 45,343 (±13,446.9% / ±4,320)
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 8% † 1,031,320 (±,341% / ±23,270)

2.4% ±0.9% (1,566  ±597) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Reading, PA Metro Area: 5.5% † 18,663 (±0.6% / ±1,926)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.9% 614,022 (±0.1% / ±10,859)
1,566 Total veterans ±597 1,519 Male ±587 47 Female ±66

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