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19602

18,495 Population
2 square miles 9,062.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.4 ±2.5 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Reading, PA Metro Area: 39.9 ±0.2
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2

Economics

$19,090 ±$1,927 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in the Reading, PA Metro Area: $39,815 ±$711
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
$34,582 ±$4,421 Median household income
  • about two-fifths of the amount in the Reading, PA Metro Area: $79,777 ±$1,206
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342

35.5% ±4.8% (6,541  ±987) 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)

27.4 minutes ±2.5 (174,010  ±25,445) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Reading, PA Metro Area: 25.4 4,656,105 (±0.4 / ±91,663)
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)

Families

6,840 ±417 Number of households
  • the Reading, PA Metro Area: 163,236 ±819
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
2.7 ±0.1 (18,369  ±1,266) 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

4.7% ±1.9% (216  ±88) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Reading, PA Metro Area: 5.3% † 5,101 (±0.5% / ±525)
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.9% 143,131 (±0.1% / ±3,398)

Housing

8,034 ±456 Number of housing units
  • the Reading, PA Metro Area: 171,580 ±199
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672

$96,000 ±$12,444 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in the Reading, PA Metro Area: $257,300 ±$3,633
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767

21.9% ±5.3% (3,984  ±1,007.4) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in the Reading, PA Metro Area: 10.3% 44,240 (±0.7% / ±2,817.8)
  • about double the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)

Social

68.8% ±4.7% (7,467  ±745.2) 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 three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.1% 8,466,554 (±0.3% / ±22,677.1)
10.1% ±2.2% (1,097  ±255.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in the Reading, PA Metro Area: 27.7% 82,163 (±0.8% / ±2,238)
  • about one-quarter 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

20.1% ±3.7% (3,716  ±728) 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

2.9% ±1.1% (365  ±139) Population with veteran status
  • about half 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)
365 Total veterans ±139 342 Male ±132 23 Female ±37

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