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West Reading, PA

4,562 Population
0.6 square miles 7,675.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.4 ±2.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Reading, PA Metro Area: 39.9 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2

Economics

$48,664 ±$32,762 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Reading, PA Metro Area: $39,815 ±$711
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
$65,885 ±$9,023 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Reading, PA Metro Area: $79,777 ±$1,206
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342

14.8% ±6.4% (640  ±279) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Reading, PA Metro Area: 12.2% 51,396 (±0.8% / ±3,143)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)

21.9 minutes ±6.6 (39,680  ±13,540) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Reading, PA Metro Area: 25.4 4,656,105 (±0.4 / ±91,663)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)

Families

1,708 ±188 Number of households
  • the Reading, PA Metro Area: 163,236 ±819
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
2.4 ±0.3 (4,164  ±27) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Reading, PA Metro Area: 2.6 419,386 (±0 / ±289)
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066

12.4% ±5.6% (168  ±89) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Reading, PA Metro Area: 5.3% † 5,101 (±0.5% / ±525)
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.9% 143,131 (±0.1% / ±3,398)

Housing

1,750 ±186 Number of housing units
  • the Reading, PA Metro Area: 171,580 ±199
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672

$173,100 ±$13,667 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Reading, PA Metro Area: $257,300 ±$3,633
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767

12.2% ±6% (528  ±261.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Reading, PA Metro Area: 10.3% 44,240 (±0.7% / ±2,817.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)

Social

90.1% ±9.1% (2,588  ±357.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Reading, PA Metro Area: 88.4% 262,321 (±1.2% / ±3,673)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.1% 8,466,554 (±0.3% / ±22,677.1)
32% ±7.9% (918  ±241.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Reading, PA Metro Area: 27.7% 82,163 (±0.8% / ±2,238)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.2% 3,231,367 (±0.2% / ±13,722.3)

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

3.4% ±2.1% (156  ±95) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in the Reading, PA Metro Area: 9.7% 42,175
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975

5.4% ±3.1% (192  ±110) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Reading, PA Metro Area: 5.6% 18,922 (±0.3% / ±881)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
192 Total veterans ±110 130 Male ±71 62 Female ±72

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