What is the population of Reading city?

Reading city has 10,490 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #181 of 1,265 in Ohio.

What is the median household income in Reading city?

Median household income in Reading city is $60,167 a year, 23.4% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Reading city?

Median gross rent is $871 a month and the median home value is $184,200, so rent absorbs about 17.4% of median household income.

Is Reading city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 3.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Reading city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 17.4% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Reading, OH population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Reading, Ohio (Reading, OH — Census place “Reading city”) is 10,490 residents, ranking #181 of 1265 places in Ohio. Median household income is $60,167, the median home is worth $184,200 and median gross rent runs $871 a month. Looking for the Reading Ohio ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Reading, OH: 45215.

Population: 10,490Reading city residents
Median household income: $60,167Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $184,200Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $871Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 42.6 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 58.9%Owner-occupied households

Reading ZIP codes (Ohio)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Reading.

The Reading OH ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

45215

What the numbers mean in Reading city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Reading city median would spend about 17.4% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 3.1× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 12.9% of residents and 58.9% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Reading city, OH in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Reading city is a mid-size town in Ohio, with 10,490 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #181 of 1,265 ranked by population — larger than 85% of them. The median age here is 42.6 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Reading city earn a median of $60,167 a year, 23.4% below the national figure of $78,538 and 9% below the $66,250 median for the 689 Ohio cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 12.9% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Reading city is valued at $184,200, 39.3% below the national figure and 9% above the $168,500 peer median, while median gross rent runs $871 a month, 38.1% below the national figure, or roughly $10,452 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 17.4% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.1×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 58.9% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

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What is the population of Reading city?: Reading city has 10,490 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #181 of 1,265 in Ohio.
What is the median household income in Reading city?: Median household income in Reading city is $60,167 a year, 23.4% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Reading city?: Median gross rent is $871 a month and the median home value is $184,200, so rent absorbs about 17.4% of median household income.
Is Reading city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Reading city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 17.4% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Reading city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.