Hillsdale County has a predicted average indoor radon screening level greater than 4 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Highest Potential
Air pollution and air quality trends (lower is better)
AQI
PM10
Air Quality Index (AQI) level in 2008 was 19.6. This is significantly better than average.
Carbon Monoxide (CO) [ppm] level in 2006 was 0.483. This is about average. There were 18 monitors within city limits.
Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) [ppb] level in 2006 was 18.7. This is significantly worse than average. There were 17 monitors within city limits.
Particulate Matter (PM10) [µ/m3] level in 2008 was 21.2. This is about average. There were 27 monitors within city limits.
Particulate Matter (PM2.5) [µ/m3] level in 2007 was 14.2. This is worse than average. There were 10 monitors within city limits.
Drinking water stations with addresses in Reading and their reported violations in the past:
KIMBALL CAMP YMCA NATURE CTR (Population served: 7000, Groundwater):
Past health violations:
- MCL, Monthly (TCR) - Between JAN-1998 and MAR-1998, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Tech Assistance Visit (JAN-30-1998), St Public Notif issued (JAN-30-1998), St Compliance achieved (FEB-06-1998)
NORTH READING BAPTIST CHURCH (Population served: 82, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
- One routine major monitoring violation
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 23.2%
(22.5% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 42.4% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 0.0% for other race residents, 27.3% for two or more races residents)
Average household size:
| This city: | 2.7 people | | Michigan: | 2.4 people |
Percentage of family households:
| This city: | 71.7% | | Whole state: | 67.0% |
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
| This city: | 6.6% | | Whole state: | 5.3% |
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Reading, MI
Reading compared to Michigan state average:
- Median house value below state average.
- Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage below state average.
- Median age below state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- Renting percentage below state average.
- Number of rooms per house above state average.
- Number of college students below state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.
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Banks with branches in Reading (2011 data):
- Century Bank and Trust: Reading Branch at 108 North Main Street, branch established on 1939/04/04. Info updated 2011/01/27: Bank assets: $250.6 mil, Deposits: $219.7 mil, headquarters in Coldwater, MI, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 13 total offices, Holding Company: Century Financial Corporation
Educational Attainment (%)
School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (88%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
- Electricity (4%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)
2004 Presidential Election results in Hillsdale County Michigan:
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Religion statistics for Reading (based on Hillsdale County data)
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 23.78%
| Here |  | 23.8% |
| USA |  | 50.2% |
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations
| Name | Catholic Church | United Methodist Church | American Baptist Churches in the USA | Presbyterian Church (USA) | General Association of Regular Baptist Churches |
| Adherents | 26.2% | 12.3% | 6.9% | 6.8% | 6.1% |
| Congregations | 1.6% | 21.3% | 6.6% | 4.9% | 8.2% |
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| Name | National Association of Congregational Christian Churches | Old Order Amish | Southern Baptist Convention | LDS (Mormon) Church | Other |
| Adherents | 3.8% | 3.7% | 3.7% | 3.6% | 26.8% |
| Congregations | 4.9% | 9.8% | 3.3% | 1.6% | 37.7% |
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Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center. Tables represent county-level data.
Food Environment Statistics:Number of grocery stores: 9 | Hillsdale County: | 1.93 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 2.34 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of supercenters and club stores: 1 | Hillsdale County: | 0.21 / 10,000 pop. | | Michigan: | 0.18 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 10 | This county: | 2.14 / 10,000 pop. | | Michigan: | 1.52 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 14 | Hillsdale County: | 3.00 / 10,000 pop. | | Michigan: | 2.99 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of full-service restaurants: 29 | Here: | 6.21 / 10,000 pop. | | Michigan: | 6.80 / 10,000 pop. |
Adult obesity rate: | Hillsdale County: | 29.3% | | State: | 29.7% |
Low-income preschool obesity rate: | Hillsdale County: | 16.3% | | State: | 13.4% |
| Local government employment and payroll (March 2007) |
| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Financial Administration |
0 | $0 | | 2 | $1,395 |
| Other Government Administration |
1 | $3,189 | $38,268 | 0 | $0 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
1 | $4,513 | $54,156 | 1 | $487 |
| Streets and Highways |
3 | $7,148 | $28,592 | 1 | $1,063 |
| Totals for Government |
5 | $14,850 | $35,640 | 4 | $2,945 |
Reading government finances in 2002:
- Bond Fund - Cash & Deposits: $129,000 ($119.78)
- Charges - Sewerage: $79,000 ($73.35)
Solid Waste Management: $50,000 ($46.43)
All Other: $36,000 ($33.43)
Parks & Recreation: $2,000 ($1.86)
- Current Operations - Regular Highways: $144,000 ($133.70)
General - Other: $108,000 ($100.28)
Police Protection: $103,000 ($95.64)
Sewerage: $82,000 ($76.14)
Water Utilities: $81,000 ($75.21)
Central Staff Services: $67,000 ($62.21)
Solid Waste Management: $48,000 ($44.57)
Housing & Community Development: $38,000 ($35.28)
General Public Buildings: $31,000 ($28.78)
Fire Protection: $15,000 ($13.93)
Financial Administration: $13,000 ($12.07)
Parks & Recreation: $6,000 ($5.57)
- Federal Intergovernmental - Housing & Community Development: $21,000 ($19.50)
- Local Intergovernmental - All Other: $58,000 ($53.85)
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $1,381,000 ($1282.27)
- Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Water Utilities: $1,353,000 ($1256.27)
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Water Utilities: $28,000 ($26.00)
- Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $41,000 ($38.07)
General Revenue, NEC: $37,000 ($34.35)
Rents: $15,000 ($13.93)
- Other Capital Outlay - General - Other: $102,000 ($94.71)
Housing & Community Development: $88,000 ($81.71)
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $1,146,000 ($1064.07)
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $204,000 ($189.42)
- State Intergovernmental - General Support: $163,000 ($151.35)
Highways: $142,000 ($131.85)
- Tax - Property: $220,000 ($204.27)
NEC: $1,000 ($0.93)
- Total Salaries & Wages: $247,000 ($229.34)
- Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $86,000 ($79.85)
5.90% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($35,684 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 5.90% | | Michigan average: | 5.24% |
0.07% of residents moved from foreign countries ($226 average AGI)| Hillsdale County: | 0.07% | | Michigan average: | 0.10% |
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
6.68% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($32,706 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 6.68% | | Michigan average: | 5.98% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
Strongest AM radio stations in Reading:
- WTVB (1590 AM; 5 kW; COLDWATER, MI; Owner: MIDWEST COMMUNICATIONS, INC)
- WFDF (910 AM; 50 kW; FLINT, MI; Owner: ABC, INC.)
- WOWO (1190 AM; 50 kW; FORT WAYNE, IN; Owner: PATHFINDER COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION)
- WJR (760 AM; 50 kW; DETROIT, MI; Owner: ABC, INC.)
- WCHB (1200 AM; 50 kW; TAYLOR, MI; Owner: RADIO ONE OF DETROIT, LLC)
- WDFN (1130 AM; 50 kW; DETROIT, MI; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, L.L.C.)
- WWJ (950 AM; 50 kW; DETROIT, MI; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
- WOAP (1080 AM; 50 kW; OWOSSO, MI)
- WCSR (1340 AM; 1 kW; HILLSDALE, MI; Owner: WCSR, INC.)
- WXYT (1270 AM; 50 kW; DETROIT, MI; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING CORP. OF DETROIT)
- WMSH-FM (99 AM; 1 kW; STURGIS, MI; Owner: LAKE CITIES BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WJKN (1510 AM; daytime; 5 kW; JACKSON, MI)
- WBCK (930 AM; 5 kW; BATTLE CREEK, MI; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
Strongest FM radio stations in Reading:
- WCSR-FM (92.1 FM; HILLSDALE, MI; Owner: WCSR, INC)
- WBZV (102.5 FM; HUDSON, MI; Owner: FRIENDS COMMUNICATIONS OF HUDSON INC)
- WAAQ (88.3 FM; ONSTED, MI; Owner: GREAT LAKES COMMUNITY BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WLKI (100.3 FM; ANGOLA, IN; Owner: LAKE CITIES BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WNWN-FM (98.5 FM; COLDWATER, MI; Owner: MIDWEST COMMUNICATIONS, INC)
- WBOI (91.3 FM; ORLAND, IN; Owner: PUBLIC BROADCASTING OF NORTHEAST INDIANA, INC)
- WCVM (94.7 FM; BRONSON, MI; Owner: CSN INTERNATIONAL)
- WEAX (88.3 FM; ANGOLA, IN; Owner: TRI-STATE UNIVERSITY)
- WPCJ (91.1 FM; PITTSFORD, MI; Owner: PITTSFORD EDUC. B/CING FOUNDATION)
- WGBE (90.9 FM; BRYAN, OH; Owner: PUBLIC B/G FOUNDATION OF NW OHIO)
- WLZZ (104.5 FM; MONTPELIER, OH; Owner: LAKE CITIES BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WUFN (96.7 FM; ALBION, MI; Owner: FAMILY LIFE BROADCASTING SYSTEM)
- WSAE (106.9 FM; SPRING ARBOR, MI; Owner: SPRING ARBOR COLLEGE COMMUNICATIONS)
TV broadcast stations around Reading:
- WLAJ (Channel 53; LANSING, MI; Owner: FREEDOM BROADCASTING OF MICHIGAN, INC.)
- WHTV (Channel 18; JACKSON, MI; Owner: SPARTAN-TV, L.L.C.)
- WILX-TV (Channel 10; ONONDAGA, MI; Owner: GRAY MIDAMERICA TV LICENSEE CORP.)
- WINM (Channel 63; ANGOLA, IN; Owner: TRI-STATE CHRISTIAN TV, INC.)
Reading fatal accident list:
Jul 3, 2007 05:02 AM, Sr-49, Lat: 41.829597, Lon: -84.747950, Vehicles: 1, Fatalities: 1
Oct 16, 2003 07:49 PM, Michigan St, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 1, Fatalities: 1
FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers: 1 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers in Reading)
FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 13 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Antenna Towers)
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 3 - 312 N Main (Lat: 41.841444 Lon: -84.748278), Call Sign: KXH674, Licensee ID: L00037033
Assigned Frequencies: 155.175 MHz, 155.265 MHz Grant Date: 12/27/2001, Expiration Date: 03/16/2012
Registrant: Reading Emergency Unit Inc, 320 N Main, Reading, MI 49274, Phone: (517) 283-2856 - 930 W Reading Rd (Lat: 41.999500 Lon: -84.791083), Call Sign: KNDU688, Licensee ID: L00570725
Assigned Frequencies: 158.460 MHz Grant Date: 11/20/2002, Expiration Date: 11/30/2012
Registrant: Thomas Schroeder, 930 W Reading Rd, Reading, MI 49274 - 2671 Dimmers Rd (Lat: 41.838944 Lon: -84.737722), Call Sign: WNAS713, Licensee ID: L00914955
Assigned Frequencies: 452.175 MHz Grant Date: 09/09/2004, Expiration Date: 10/12/2014
Registrant: Lennard, Gene:lennard, Robert Dba Lennard Farms, 2671 Dimmers Rd, Reading, MI 49274, Phone: (517) 357-4340
FCC Registered Microwave Towers: 2 - READING, Lat: 41.845694 Lon: -84.759694, Call Sign: WQGY689
Assigned Frequencies: 956.393 MHz Grant Date: 05/29/2007, Expiration Date: 05/29/2017, Certifier: Thomas Stephenson
Registrant: Sensus, 450 N Gallatin Ave, Uniontown, PA 15401, Phone: (800) 638-3748, Fax: (800) 888-2403, Email:
- READING, 1.5 Miles North Of (Lat: 41.857250 Lon: -84.747167), Overall height: 78 m, Call Sign: KQF59
Assigned Frequencies: 3770.00 MHz, 3770.00 MHz, 3830.00 MHz, 3850.00 MHz, 3990.00 MHz, 3930.00 MHz, 4070.00 MHz, 4010.00 MHz, 4150.00 MHz, 4090.00 MHz, 4170.00 MHz Grant Date: 01/16/1990, Expiration Date: 02/01/2000, Cancellation Date: 01/28/1998
Registrant: At&t Corp, 1200 Peachtree St 15w24, Atlanta, GA 30309
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 28 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses in Reading)
FAA Registered Aircraft: 5 - Aircraft: JASPER PARKER TEENIE II (Category: Land, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 85 mph), Engine: VOLKSWAGEN CONVERSION (36 HP) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 1HJ , Serial Number: 5716, Year manufactured: 1972, Airworthiness Date: 11/03/1976
Registrant (Individual): Henry L Jaspers, 511 Silver St, Reading, MI 49274 - Aircraft: BEECH 35-A33 (Category: Land, Seats: 4, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 138 mph), Engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES (260 HP) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 1381Z , Serial Number: CD-370, Year manufactured: 1961, Airworthiness Date: 07/21/1961
Registrant (Corporation): Roll-Tech Inc, 104 Enterprise Dr, Reading, MI 49274 - Aircraft: PIPER PA-28R-200 (Category: Land, Seats: 4, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 107 mph), Engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER (180 HP) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 33567 , Serial Number: 28R-7535162, Year manufactured: 1975, Airworthiness Date: 03/03/1975
Registrant (Corporation): R Merritt Investments Inc, 5151 Fowler Rd, Reading, MI 49274 - Aircraft: JOHNSON FRANCIS B CORBEN BABY ACE (Category: Land, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds), Engine: CONT MOTOR A&C65 SERIES (65 HP) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 39908 , Serial Number: 111, Year manufactured: 1984, Airworthiness Date: 03/01/1988
Registrant (Individual): Francis B Johnson, 2511 S Edon Rd Rt 2, Reading, MI 49274 - Aircraft: HANSEN DALE A DRAGONFLY (Category: Land, Seats: 2, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds), Engine: AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 480AL , Serial Number: 004, Year manufactured: 1987, Airworthiness Date: 07/31/1987
Registrant (Individual): Craig D Hinkle, 3330 Totem Trail, Reading, MI 49274
2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:
See full 2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System statistics for Reading, MI
| Most common first names in Reading, MI among deceased individuals |
| Name | Count | Lived (average) |
| Charles | 24 | 73.8 years |
| George | 23 | 76.7 years |
| Robert | 22 | 72.5 years |
| Mary | 20 | 78.5 years |
| John | 20 | 80.8 years |
| Harold | 19 | 75.7 years |
| Donald | 14 | 66.6 years |
| Richard | 13 | 69.9 years |
| William | 12 | 71.9 years |
| Anna | 11 | 82.1 years |
| Most common last names in Reading, MI among deceased individuals |
| Last name | Count | Lived (average) |
| Smith | 13 | 78.9 years |
| Jackson | 12 | 78.4 years |
| Mcclellan | 9 | 77.7 years |
| Brown | 9 | 73.6 years |
| Miller | 8 | 71.7 years |
| Carpenter | 7 | 70.7 years |
| Johnson | 7 | 79.9 years |
| Taylor | 7 | 75.3 years |
| Davis | 6 | 75.8 years |
| Boyd | 6 | 81.4 years |
Businesses in Reading, MI
- #88 on the list of "Top 100 cities with old houses but young residents"
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