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Berks County (Southwest)--Reading City PUMA, PA

152,029 Population
104.8 square miles 1,450.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.4 ±1.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 41.2 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$27,667 ±$1,482 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,674 ±$329
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$53,365 ±$7,349 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,545 ±$816
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

23.4% ±3.4% (34,779  ±5,128) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.6% 1,464,236 (±0.3% / ±33,897)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

25.4 minutes ±1 (1,534,015  ±125,430) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 27.1 149,007,180 (±0.2 / ±1,276,446)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

55,151 ±2,580 Number of households
  • Pennsylvania: 5,361,724 ±11,743
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.7 ±0.2 (148,150  ±5,117) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,638,571
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4.4% ±1.9% (1,647  ±718) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.8% 139,720 (±0.2% / ±5,970)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

58,437 ±2,718 Number of housing units
  • Pennsylvania: 5,861,320 ±507
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$198,100 ±$9,394 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $277,600 ±$1,517
  • about half the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

15.3% ±3.3% (23,070  ±4,949.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.1% 1,304,951 (±0.3% / ±33,022.9)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

79.2% ±3.7% (76,750  ±4,672.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.4% 8,556,816 (±0.5% / ±44,451.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
21.3% ±2.2% (20,662  ±2,310.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 36.4% 3,369,510 (±0.3% / ±28,358.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

42.4% ±1.4% (59,729  ±2,024.8) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 12.4% 1,529,209 (±0.1% / ±12,347.2)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

24.7% ±2.8% (37,568  ±4,463) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 8.3% 1,090,675
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

4.2% ±0.8% (4,787  ±940) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.8% 601,407 (±0.1% / ±10,364)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
4,787 Total veterans ±940 4,088 Male ±980 699 Female ±404

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