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19601

36,479 Population
3.8 square miles 9,697 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.4 ±0.9 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Reading, PA Metro Area: 39.9 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2

Economics

$20,746 ±$1,534 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in the Reading, PA Metro Area: $39,815 ±$711
  • about half the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
$40,973 ±$4,082 Median household income
  • about half the amount in the Reading, PA Metro Area: $79,777 ±$1,206
  • about half the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342

29.7% ±4.5% (10,776  ±1,714) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Reading, PA Metro Area: 12.2% 51,396 (±0.8% / ±3,143)
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)

24.3 minutes ±1 (306,560  ±29,796) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Reading, PA Metro Area: 25.4 4,656,105 (±0.4 / ±91,663)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)

Families

13,166 ±770 Number of households
  • the Reading, PA Metro Area: 163,236 ±819
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
2.7 ±0.2 (35,858  ±1,718) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Reading, PA Metro Area: 2.6 419,386 (±0 / ±289)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066

9.3% ±2.9% (825  ±262) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Reading, PA Metro Area: 5.3% † 5,101 (±0.5% / ±525)
  • nearly double the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.9% 143,131 (±0.1% / ±3,398)

Housing

14,003 ±772 Number of housing units
  • the Reading, PA Metro Area: 171,580 ±199
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672

$123,100 ±$11,673 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Reading, PA Metro Area: $257,300 ±$3,633
  • about half the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767

17.9% ±3.1% (6,392  ±1,130.1) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Reading, PA Metro Area: 10.3% 44,240 (±0.7% / ±2,817.8)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)

Social

73% ±3.1% (16,696  ±1,103) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Reading, PA Metro Area: 88.4% 262,321 (±1.2% / ±3,673)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.1% 8,466,554 (±0.3% / ±22,677.1)
12.1% ±1.8% (2,757  ±441.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Reading, PA Metro Area: 27.7% 82,163 (±0.8% / ±2,238)
  • about one-third 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

26.6% ±3% (9,707  ±1,182) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Reading, PA Metro Area: 9.7% 42,175
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975

3.2% ±0.8% (829  ±209) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Reading, PA Metro Area: 5.6% 18,922 (±0.3% / ±881)
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
829 Total veterans ±209 780 Male ±206 49 Female ±42

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