Americus vs Reading

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

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

Americus has the higher population (1,147 vs 195 in Reading). Americus has the higher median household income ($81,125 vs $65,938 in Reading). Americus has the higher median home value ($120,900 vs $47,700 in Reading).

Population, income & housing

	Americus	Reading
Population	1,147	195
Median age	27.9 yrs	35.9 yrs
Median household income	$81,125	$65,938
Median home value	$120,900	$47,700
Median gross rent	$969	$675
Housing units	386	83
Homeownership rate	77.9%	80.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.7%	13.6%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Americus	Reading
Population	908 → 1,147 (+26.3%)	219 → 195 (-11.0%)
Median household income	$62,000 → $81,125 (+30.8%)	$53,125 → $65,938 (+24.1%)
Median home value	$82,400 → $120,900 (+46.7%)	$61,000 → $47,700 (-21.8%)
Median gross rent	$733 → $969 (+32.2%)	$750 → $675 (-10.0%)

Americus

Population

9081,147

Median household income

$62,000$81,125

Median home value

$82,400$120,900

Median gross rent

$733$969

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)

	Americus	Reading
Under 5	4.6%	6.2%
5 to 17	30.8%	12.8%
18 to 24	13.7%	13.3%
25 to 34	7.6%	14.9%
35 to 44	16.0%	8.2%
45 to 54	8.5%	12.8%
55 to 64	7.8%	17.4%
65 to 74	8.0%	12.3%
75 and over	2.9%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Americus	Reading
White (non-Hispanic)	93.5%	88.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	10.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Americus	Reading
No high school diploma	7.9%	3.8%
High school graduate	27.2%	32.6%
Some college or associate's	37.2%	50.0%
Bachelor's degree	18.5%	6.1%
Graduate or professional degree	9.2%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Americus	Reading
Drove alone	93.0%	93.9%
Carpooled	1.3%	3.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	2.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Americus	Reading
1-unit, detached	83.7%	92.8%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.1%	7.2%

Poverty & households

	Americus	Reading
Poverty rate	12.5%	8.8%
Average household size	3.13	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	21	28
Median year structure built	1976	1972