Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
| This city: |  9.5% | | Whole state: |  11.0% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
| This city: | 3.5% | | Whole state: | 5.1% |
West Reading compared to Pennsylvania state average:
- Unemployed percentage below state average.
- Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage above state average.
- Median age above state average.
- House age significantly above state average.
- Institutionalized population percentage significantly above state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.
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Banks with branches in West Reading (2007 data):
- Fleetwood Bank: West Reading Branch at 555 Penn Av (West Reading Shopping Center), branch established on 2003-09-15. Info updated 2006-04-14: Bank assets: $158.8 mil, Deposits: $142.1 mil, headquarters in Fleetwood, PA, positive income, 8 total offices, Holding Company: Fleetwood Bank Corporation
- Sovereign Bank: 555 Penn Branch at 555 Penn Avenue, branch established on 1999-12-18. Info updated 2006-12-07: Bank assets: $89,506.4 mil, Deposits: $51,244.7 mil, headquarters in Wyomissing, PA, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 860 total offices, Holding Company: Banco Santander Central Hispano, S.A.
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Local government employment and payroll (March 2002)
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| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Parks and Recreation |
0 | $0 | | 1 | $1,187 |
| Streets and Highways |
7 | $23,611 | $40,476 | 0 | $0 |
| Financial Administration |
1 | $3,605 | $43,260 | 1 | $31 |
| Other Government Administration |
4 | $10,085 | $30,255 | 9 | $15,776 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
11 | $49,193 | $53,665 | 1 | $1,342 |
| Police - Other |
2 | $4,190 | $25,140 | 1 | $1,019 |
| Totals for Government |
25 | $90,684 | $43,528 | 13 | $19,355 |
West Reading government finances in 2002:
- Bond Fund - Cash & Deposits: $2,791,000
- Charges - Sewerage: $786,000
Solid Waste Management: $260,000
All Other: $144,000
Parks & Recreation: $92,000
- Construction - Regular Highways: $682,000
Water Utilities: $186,000
Parks & Recreation: $32,000
- Current Operations - General - Other: $1,398,000
Police Protection: $698,000
Regular Highways: $592,000
Sewerage: $433,000
Water Utilities: $415,000
Solid Waste Management: $259,000
Parks & Recreation: $238,000
Central Staff Services: $208,000
Housing & Community Development: $143,000
Protective Inspection and Regulation, NEC: $103,000
Fire Protection: $87,000
Financial Administration: $68,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $41,000
General Public Buildings: $34,000
- Employee Retirement - Securities - Corporate Bonds (market): $1,131,000
Total Other Securities: $492,000
Total Federal Securities: $489,000
Securities - Corporate Bonds (market): $287,000
Total Cash & Deposits: $92,000
Interest Revenue: $89,000
Benefit Payments: $77,000
From Other Government: $68,000
From Local Government: $1,000
- Federal Intergovernmental - All Other: $52,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $413,000
- Local Intergovernmental - All Other: $97,000
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $6,886,000
- Long Term Debt Issue, Unspecified - Other NEC: $1,865,000
- Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $6,710,000
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $2,041,000
- Miscellaneous - Special Assessments: $135,000
Interest Earnings: $105,000
- Other Capital Outlay - Regular Highways: $340,000
Fire Protection: $90,000
Water Utilities: $39,000
Police Protection: $39,000
General - Other: $34,000
General Public Building: $20,000
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $1,151,000
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $1,183,000
- State Intergovernmental - All Other: $103,000
Highways: $62,000
Housing & Community Development: $45,000
General Support: $4,000
- Tax - NEC: $737,000
Property: $517,000
Individual Income: $308,000
- Total Salaries & Wages: $1,146,000
4.49% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($42,285 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 4.49% | | Pennsylvania average: | 4.99% |
0.07% of residents moved from foreign countries ($243 average AGI)| Berks County: | 0.07% | | Pennsylvania average: | 0.12% |
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
4.02% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($41,491 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 4.02% | | Pennsylvania average: | 5.08% |
0.05% of residents moved to foreign countries ($460 average AGI)| Berks County: | 0.05% | | Pennsylvania average: | 0.05% |
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
Strongest AM radio stations in West Reading:
- WEEU (830 AM; 20 kW; READING, PA; Owner: WEEU BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WIOV (1240 AM; 1 kW; READING, PA; Owner: REGENT BROADCASTING OF LANCASTER, INC.)
- WRAW (1340 AM; 1 kW; READING, PA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WWJZ (640 AM; 50 kW; MOUNT HOLLY, NJ; Owner: ABC, INC.)
- WVCH (740 AM; 50 kW; CHESTER, PA; Owner: WVCH COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WZZD (990 AM; 50 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: PENNSYLVANIA MEDIA ASSOCIATES, INC.)
- WPEN (950 AM; 50 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: GREATER PHILADELPHIA RADIO, INC.)
- KYW (1060 AM; 50 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
- WNWR (1540 AM; 50 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA)
- WCBM (680 AM; 50 kW; BALTIMORE, MD; Owner: WCBM MARYLAND, INC.)
- WPHT (1210 AM; 50 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
- WCOJ (1420 AM; 5 kW; COATESVILLE, PA; Owner: WCOJ RADIO COMPANY, INC.)
- WWDB (860 AM; daytime; 10 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA)
Strongest FM radio stations in West Reading:
- WRFY-FM (102.5 FM; READING, PA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WIOV-FM1 (105.1 FM; READING, PA; Owner: REGENT BROADCASTING OF LANCASTER, INC.)
- W253AC (98.5 FM; READING, PA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WIOV-FM (105.1 FM; EPHRATA, PA; Owner: REGENT BROADCASTING OF LANCASTER, INC.)
- WRTL (90.7 FM; EPHRATA, PA; Owner: TEMPLE UNIV OF COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM)
- WBMP (88.1 FM; WARWICK, PA; Owner: FOUR RIVERS COMMUNITY BROADCASTING CORP.)
- WBYN (107.5 FM; BOYERTOWN, PA; Owner: WDAC RADIO COMPANY)
- W290AC (105.9 FM; PALMERTON, PA; Owner: FAMILY STATIONS, INC.)
- WLEV (100.7 FM; ALLENTOWN, PA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- W280CQ (103.9 FM; SHILLINGTON, PA; Owner: WDAC RADIO COMPANY)
- WPLY (100.3 FM; MEDIA, PA; Owner: RADIO ONE LICENSES, LLC)
- WARM-FM (103.3 FM; YORK, PA; Owner: WSBA LICO, INC.)
- WBSX (97.9 FM; HAZLETON, PA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WROZ (101.3 FM; LANCASTER, PA; Owner: HALL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- W249AT (97.7 FM; READING, ETC., PA; Owner: TEMPLE UNIV OF THE COMMONWEALTH,ETC)
- WDAC (94.5 FM; LANCASTER, PA; Owner: WDAC RADIO COMPANY)
- WDIY (88.1 FM; ALLENTOWN, PA; Owner: LEHIGH VALLEY COMMUNITY BR/CST ASSOC)
- WJCS (89.3 FM; ALLENTOWN, PA; Owner: BEACON BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WXAC (91.3 FM; READING, PA; Owner: ALBRIGHT COLLEGE)
- W220BE (91.9 FM; ST. CLAIR, PA; Owner: SALT & LIGHT MEDIA MINISTRIES, INC.)
TV broadcast stations around West Reading:
- WTVE (Channel 51; READING, PA; Owner: READING BROADCASTING, INC.)
- W24CS (Channel 24; READING, PA; Owner: WITF, INC.)
- WLYH-TV (Channel 15; LANCASTER, PA; Owner: TELEVISION STATION GROUP LICENSE SUBSIDIARY, LLC)
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