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West Reading, PA

4,537 Population
0.6 square miles 7,633.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.9 ±2.9 Median age
  • about 90 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

$49,106 ±$30,959 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Reading, PA Metro Area: $39,012 ±$719
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$61,974 ±$6,269 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Reading, PA Metro Area: $77,684 ±$1,522
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

17.9% ±8.3% (774  ±358) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Reading, PA Metro Area: 11.7% 48,747 (±0.7% / ±2,973)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

22.1 minutes ±6.3 (40,475  ±13,590) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Reading, PA Metro Area: 25 4,625,355 (±0.4 / ±100,818)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

1,666 ±208 Number of households
  • the Reading, PA Metro Area: 161,701 ±913
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.5 ±0.3 (4,123  ±38) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Reading, PA Metro Area: 2.6 416,342 (±0 / ±216)
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

11.8% ±5.2% (160  ±79) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Reading, PA Metro Area: 5.5% † 5,329 (±0.6% / ±574)
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

1,743 ±218 Number of housing units
  • the Reading, PA Metro Area: 171,147 ±210
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$159,700 ±$11,760 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Reading, PA Metro Area: $239,700 ±$2,406
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

12.1% ±4% (521  ±174.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Reading, PA Metro Area: 10.7% 45,498 (±0.6% / ±2,510.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

90.7% ±6.8% (2,625  ±364.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Reading, PA Metro Area: 88.4% 259,846 (±1.2% / ±3,555.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
33.3% ±7.2% (965  ±236.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Reading, PA Metro Area: 27.2% 79,881 (±0.7% / ±2,028.6)
  • a little less than 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

4.5% ±2% (203  ±90) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Reading, PA Metro Area: 8.8% 37,631
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

5.2% ±2.4% (184  ±86) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Reading, PA Metro Area: 5.8% 19,224 (±0.2% / ±794)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
184 Total veterans ±86 118 Male ±58 66 Female ±53

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