Bushong vs Reading

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

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

Reading has the higher population (195 vs 44 in Bushong). Reading has the higher median household income ($65,938 vs $37,708 in Bushong). Since 2019, Bushong's population has grown faster (+388.9% vs -11.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Bushong	Reading
Population	44	195
Median age	45.6 yrs	35.9 yrs
Median household income	$37,708	$65,938
Median home value	—	$47,700
Median gross rent	$1,125	$675
Housing units	15	83
Homeownership rate	72.7%	80.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	13.6%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bushong	Reading
Population	9 → 44 (+388.9%)	219 → 195 (-11.0%)
Median household income	$25,000 → $37,708 (+50.8%)	$53,125 → $65,938 (+24.1%)
Median home value	$13,100 → $13,800 (+5.3%)	$61,000 → $47,700 (-21.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$750 → $675 (-10.0%)

Bushong

Population

944

Median household income

$25,000$37,708

Median home value

$13,100$13,800

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)

	Bushong	Reading
Under 5	4.5%	6.2%
5 to 17	6.8%	12.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	13.3%
25 to 34	4.5%	14.9%
35 to 44	4.5%	8.2%
45 to 54	63.6%	12.8%
55 to 64	6.8%	17.4%
65 to 74	6.8%	12.3%
75 and over	2.3%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bushong	Reading
White (non-Hispanic)	86.4%	88.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.3%	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	2.3%	10.8%
Hispanic or Latino	9.1%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bushong	Reading
No high school diploma	7.7%	3.8%
High school graduate	82.1%	32.6%
Some college or associate's	10.3%	50.0%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	6.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bushong	Reading
Drove alone	100.0%	93.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	3.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bushong	Reading
1-unit, detached	86.7%	92.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.3%	7.2%

Poverty & households

	Bushong	Reading
Poverty rate	15.9%	8.8%
Average household size	4.00	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	—	28
Median year structure built	1938	1972