Allen vs Reading

A side-by-side comparison of Allen and Reading: population, income, housing, and more.

Allen and Reading are places in Kansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Allen has the higher population (276 vs 195 in Reading). Reading has the higher median household income ($65,938 vs $56,157 in Allen). Allen has the higher median home value ($54,100 vs $47,700 in Reading).

Population, income & housing

	Allen	Reading
Population	276	195
Median age	35.8 yrs	35.9 yrs
Median household income	$56,157	$65,938
Median home value	$54,100	$47,700
Median gross rent	$483	$675
Housing units	140	83
Homeownership rate	57.6%	80.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.2%	13.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Allen	Reading
Population	168 → 276 (+64.3%)	219 → 195 (-11.0%)
Median household income	$39,000 → $56,157 (+44.0%)	$53,125 → $65,938 (+24.1%)
Median home value	$60,800 → $54,100 (-11.0%)	$61,000 → $47,700 (-21.8%)
Median gross rent	$492 → $483 (-1.8%)	$750 → $675 (-10.0%)

Allen

Population

168276

Median household income

$39,000$56,157

Median home value

$60,800$54,100

Median gross rent

$492$483

Reading

Population

219195

Median household income

$53,125$65,938

Median home value

$61,000$47,700

Median gross rent

$750$675

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Allen	Reading
Under 5	0.7%	6.2%
5 to 17	21.4%	12.8%
18 to 24	20.3%	13.3%
25 to 34	6.2%	14.9%
35 to 44	12.3%	8.2%
45 to 54	10.1%	12.8%
55 to 64	5.1%	17.4%
65 to 74	18.8%	12.3%
75 and over	5.1%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Allen	Reading
White (non-Hispanic)	94.2%	88.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	10.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Allen	Reading
No high school diploma	8.8%	3.8%
High school graduate	27.7%	32.6%
Some college or associate's	50.3%	50.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	6.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Allen	Reading
Drove alone	90.0%	93.9%
Carpooled	5.0%	3.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.1%	2.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Allen	Reading
1-unit, detached	62.1%	92.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	25.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.0%	7.2%

Poverty & households

	Allen	Reading
Poverty rate	10.1%	8.8%
Average household size	2.09	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	29	28
Median year structure built	1950	1972