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Total population: 80,769 (All urban)

Reading, Pennsylvania Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 34,309 (30,108 occupied: 15,367 owner occupied, 14,741 renter occupied)
% of renters here:  49%
State:  29%

Housing density: 3494 houses/condos per square mile


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Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2007 in this state: $165,004.


Median contract rent in 2007: $527 (lower quartile is $335, upper quartile is $631)


Median contract rent in 2005: $483 (lower quartile is $387, upper quartile is $570)


Housing units in Reading with a mortgage: 8,476 (742 second mortgage, 983 home equity loan, 38 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 5,494





Reading,PA index of house prices




Median year house/condo built: 1939

Median year apartment built: 1939

Household type by relationship

Households: 79,073
  • In family households: 65,267 (11,014 male householders, 7,598 female householders)
    10,814 spouses, 26,318 children (24,514 natural, 478 adopted, 1,326 stepchildren), 2,131 grandchildren, 1,166 brothers or sisters, 794 parents, 2,088 other relatives, 3,344 non-relatives
  • In nonfamily households: 13,806 (5,340 male householders (4,184 living alone)), 6,152 female householders (5,345 living alone)), 2,314 nonrelatives
  • In group quarters: 2,128 (243 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 6,275 2-persons, 4,422 3-persons, 3,684 4-persons, 2,159 5-persons, 1,147 6-persons, 925 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 9,529 1-person, 1,743 2-persons, 155 3-persons, 36 4-persons, 24 5-persons, 5 6-persons.

10,550 married couples with children.
10,306 single-parent households (2,123 men, 8,183 women).

63.6% of residents of Reading speak English at home.
31.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (53% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 16% speak English not well, 9% don't speak English at all).
3.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (65% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
1.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (41% speak English very well, 27% speak English well, 27% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (56% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 20% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).

Foreign born population: 8,516 (10.5%)
(30.6% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Here:  6.7
State:  6.4

Median number of rooms in apartments:
Here:  3.9
State:  4.2

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Reading, Pennsylvania:
  • 1 room: 14
  • 2 rooms: 120
  • 3 rooms: 472
  • 4 rooms: 632
  • 5 rooms: 2,186
  • 6 rooms: 3,739
  • 7 rooms: 3,110
  • 8 rooms: 3,107
  • 9 or more rooms: 1,987



Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Reading, Pennsylvania:
  • 1 room: 894
  • 2 rooms: 1,670
  • 3 rooms: 3,458
  • 4 rooms: 3,355
  • 5 rooms: 2,098
  • 6 rooms: 1,204
  • 7 rooms: 1,064
  • 8 rooms: 699
  • 9 or more rooms: 299



Year house built:
  • 1999 to March 2000: 113
  • 1995 to 1998: 108
  • 1990 to 1994: 430
  • 1980 to 1989: 1,112
  • 1970 to 1979: 2,047
  • 1960 to 1969: 2,369
  • 1950 to 1959: 3,483
  • 1940 to 1949: 4,278
  • 1939 or earlier: 20,369


Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Reading:
  • no bedroom: 78
  • 1 bedroom: 554
  • 2 bedrooms: 2,319
  • 3 bedrooms: 6,393
  • 4 bedrooms: 3,334
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 2,689



Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Reading:
  • no bedroom: 1,276
  • 1 bedroom: 5,522
  • 2 bedrooms: 4,213
  • 3 bedrooms: 2,259
  • 4 bedrooms: 941
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 530



Cars and other vehicles available in Reading in owner-occupied houses/condos:
  • no vehicle: 2,175
  • 1 vehicle: 6,263
  • 2 vehicles: 5,307
  • 3 vehicles: 1,237
  • 4 vehicles: 289
  • 5 or more vehicles: 96



Cars and other vehicles available in Reading in n renter-occupied apartments
  • no vehicle: 6,745
  • 1 vehicle: 5,747
  • 2 vehicles: 1,890
  • 3 vehicles: 305
  • 4 vehicles: 22
  • 5 or more vehicles: 32


Reading, PA house values


Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2000 in Reading, PA:

  • Less than $10,000: 64
  • $10,000 to $14,999: 252
  • $15,000 to $19,999: 444
  • $20,000 to $24,999: 615
  • $25,000 to $29,999: 1130
  • $30,000 to $34,999: 1485
  • $35,000 to $39,999: 1750
  • $40,000 to $49,999: 2768
  • $50,000 to $59,999: 1570
  • $60,000 to $69,999: 1194
  • $70,000 to $79,999: 804
  • $80,000 to $89,999: 534
  • $90,000 to $99,999: 319
  • $100,000 to $124,999: 399
  • $125,000 to $149,999: 232
  • $150,000 to $174,999: 181
  • $175,000 to $199,999: 79
  • $200,000 to $249,999: 87
  • $250,000 to $299,999: 18
  • $300,000 to $399,999: 5
  • $400,000 to $499,999: 21
  • $500,000 to $749,999: 13
  • $750,000 to $999,999: 6
  • $1,000,000 or more: 0
 


Reading rent paid by renters for apartments graph
Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Reading:

  • Less than $100: 237 people
  • $100 to $149: 0
  • $150 to $199: 672
  • $200 to $249: 1,265
  • $250 to $299: 594
  • $300 to $349: 1,136
  • $350 to $399: 543
  • $400 to $449: 850
  • $450 to $499: 1,237
  • $500 to $549: 1,089
  • $550 to $599: 2,045
  • $600 to $649: 1,653
  • $650 to $699: 941
  • $700 to $749: 1,034
  • $750 to $799: 421
  • $800 to $899: 345
  • $900 to $999: 0
  • $1,000 to $1,249: 188
  • $1,250 to $1,499: 0
  • $1,500 to $1,999: 0
  • $2,000 or more: 0
  • No cash rent: 328
 



Year of entry for the foreign-born population
  • 1995 to March 2000: 2,472
  • 1990 to 1994: 2,057
  • 1985 to 1989: 1,768
  • 1980 to 1984: 848
  • 1975 to 1979: 441
  • 1970 to 1974: 278
  • 1970 to 1974: 227
  • 1965 to 1969: 425

Reading, PA Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 91.5%
Number of people working at home: 426 (1.4% of all workers)


Reading travel time to work

Travel time to work

  • Less than 5 minutes: 893
  • 5 to 9 minutes: 3801
  • 10 to 14 minutes: 6687
  • 15 to 19 minutes: 6490
  • 20 to 24 minutes: 4239
  • 25 to 29 minutes: 1100
  • 30 to 34 minutes: 3199
  • 35 to 39 minutes: 371
  • 40 to 44 minutes: 405
  • 45 to 59 minutes: 1383
  • 60 to 89 minutes: 1019
  • 90 or more minutes: 573
 


Reading mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

  • Drove a car alone: 18,569 (61%)
  • Carpooled: 6,139 (20%)
  • Bus or trolley bus: 1,816 (6%)
  • Subway or elevated: 20 (0%)
  • Railroad: 20 (0%)
  • Ferryboat: 11 (0%)
  • Taxi: 300 (1%)
  • Motorcycle: 18 (0%)
  • Bicycle: 204 (1%)
  • Walked: 2,682 (9%)
  • Other means: 381 (1%)
  • Worked at home: 426 (1%)
 


Reading, PA household income

Household income:

  • Less than $10,000: 5650
  • $10,000 to $14,999: 2835
  • $15,000 to $19,999: 2932
  • $20,000 to $24,999: 2655
  • $25,000 to $29,999: 2623
  • $30,000 to $34,999: 2217
  • $35,000 to $39,999: 1785
  • $40,000 to $44,999: 1737
  • $45,000 to $49,999: 1307
  • $50,000 to $59,999: 2195
  • $60,000 to $74,999: 1795
  • $75,000 to $99,999: 1364
  • $100,000 to $124,999: 573
  • $125,000 to $149,999: 151
  • $150,000 to $199,999: 127
  • $200,000 or more: 158
 


First ancestries reported:

  • Other groups: 32390
  • German: 10898
  • Italian: 4155
  • Polish: 3098
  • Irish: 2812
  • United States or American: 2758
  • Pennsylvania German: 2111
  • English: 1278
  • Dutch: 1141
  • Subsaharan African:: 616
  • Welsh: 484
  • West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 467
  • French (except Basque): 456
  • Romanian: 438
  • African: 426
  • Slovak: 292
  • Greek: 288
  • Ukrainian: 236
  • Scottish: 227
  • Jamaican: 211
  • Scotch-Irish: 205
  • Russian: 194
  • European: 159
  • Lithuanian: 140
  • Hungarian: 139
  • Swiss: 132
  • Swedish: 104
  • Haitian: 95
  • Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 92
  • Norwegian: 91
  • Czechoslovakian: 89
  • Afghan: 85
  • Sierra Leonean: 85
  • Portuguese: 80
  • French Canadian: 64
  • Austrian: 45
  • Nigerian: 40
  • Slavic: 40
  • South African: 39
  • Eastern European: 39
  • Czech: 37
  • Arab:: 37
  • British: 35
  • Guyanese: 27
  • Albanian: 27
  • Barbadian: 27
  • Turkish: 23
  • Croatian: 21
  • Egyptian: 21
  • Other Subsaharan African: 20
  • Danish: 19
  • Yugoslavian: 18
  • German Russian: 17
  • Slovene: 16
  • Australian: 14
  • U.S. Virgin Islander: 13
  • Lebanese: 12
  • Canadian: 12
  • British West Indian: 9
  • Alsatian: 7
  • Northern European: 7
  • West Indian: 7
  • Other West Indian: 7
  • Ghanian: 6
  • Bulgarian: 6
  • Belgian: 6
  • Dutch West Indian: 6
  • Arab/Arabic: 4


Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
  • Mexico (34%)
  • Dominican Republic (21%)
  • Vietnam (6%)
  • Romania (5%)
  • Guatemala (3%)
  • Colombia (3%)
  • Jamaica (2%)

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

  • This state: 51847
  • Northeast: 6538
  • Midwest: 844
  • South: 3084
  • West: 725

53% of Reading residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 71% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 42% lived in Pennsylvania.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

  • No schooling: 668
  • Nursery to 4th grade: 411
  • 5th and 6th grade: 720
  • 7th and 8th grade: 1,461
  • 9th grade: 1,354
  • 10th grade: 1,458
  • 11th grade: 1,259
  • 12th grade, no diploma: 1,211
  • High school graduate (or equivalency): 8,168
  • Less than 1 year of college: 823
  • Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 1,755
  • Associate degree: 853
  • Bachelor's degree: 1,259
  • Master's degree: 370
  • Professional school degree: 184
  • Doctorate degree: 132


Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

  • No schooling: 839
  • Nursery to 4th grade: 354
  • 5th and 6th grade: 638
  • 7th and 8th grade: 1,498
  • 9th grade: 1,452
  • 10th grade: 1,800
  • 11th grade: 1,573
  • 12th grade, no diploma: 1,206
  • High school graduate (or equivalency): 9,562
  • Less than 1 year of college: 1,321
  • Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 1,998
  • Associate degree: 1,045
  • Bachelor's degree: 1,440
  • Master's degree: 503
  • Professional school degree: 186
  • Doctorate degree: 29


Educational Attainment for Females



Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 5.3%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 7.1%


Unemployment rate for Black males: 15.7%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 8.7%


Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 6.5%


Unemployment rate for Asian males: 8.5%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 0.0%


Unemployment rate for other race males: 13.5%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 12.4%


Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 13.1%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 12.0%


Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 15.5%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 12.6%


Median household income in 2007 for:

  • White non-Hispanic householders: $30,376
  • Black householders: $21,224
  • American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $24,656
  • Asian householders: $59,220
  • Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $30,809
  • Some other race householders: $21,681
  • Two or more races householders: $26,474
  • Hispanic or Latino race householders: $22,358

Reading household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Reading household income for Black householders

Reading household income for American Indian and Alaska Native householders

Reading household income for Asian householders

Reading household income for Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders

Reading household income for Some other race householders

Reading household income for Two or more races householders

Reading household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Reading marital status for males

Reading marital status for females


Median 2007 house value for:

  • White Non-Hispanic householders: $67,241
  • Black or African American householders: $65,456
  • American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $70,067
  • Asian householders: $72,150
  • Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $18,595
  • Some other race householders: $60,993
  • Two or more races householders: $63,671
  • Hispanic or Latino householders: $61,290

Housing units in structures:

  • One, detached: 3,944
  • One, attached: 17,242
  • Two: 3,237
  • 3 or 4: 4,472
  • 5 to 9: 1,883
  • 10 to 19: 865
  • 20 to 49: 663
  • 50 or more: 1,915
  • Mobile homes: 88

Median worth of mobile homes: $36,865


Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 2%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 2%


Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Reading:

  


Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (49%)
  • Utility gas (45%)
  • Electricity (4%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)


Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
  • Utility gas (42%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (34%)
  • Electricity (18%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)
  • No fuel used (1%)
  • Other fuel (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 913
Here:  8.0%
Pennsylvania:  16.0%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 373
Here:  8.3%
Pennsylvania:  13.1%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 1,747
Here:  54.8%
Pennsylvania:  37.3%



School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students


School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students


Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)


Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)


Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)


Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)


Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)


Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)

 

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