Reading vs Stoneham

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

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

Reading has the higher population (25,448 vs 22,986 in Stoneham). Reading has the higher median household income ($163,725 vs $112,635 in Stoneham). Reading has the higher median home value ($741,100 vs $629,000 in Stoneham).

Population, income & housing

	Reading	Stoneham
Population	25,448	22,986
Median age	44.1 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$163,725	$112,635
Median home value	$741,100	$629,000
Median gross rent	$1,722	$1,878
Housing units	9,882	9,832
Homeownership rate	83.1%	71.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	65.1%	54.0%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Reading	Stoneham
Population	25,132 → 25,448 (+1.3%)	23,223 → 22,986 (-1.0%)
Median household income	$132,731 → $163,725 (+23.4%)	$101,549 → $112,635 (+10.9%)
Median home value	$562,800 → $741,100 (+31.7%)	$494,600 → $629,000 (+27.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,354 → $1,722 (+27.2%)	$1,483 → $1,878 (+26.6%)

Reading

Population

25,13225,448

Median household income

$132,731$163,725

Median home value

$562,800$741,100

Median gross rent

$1,354$1,722

Stoneham

Population

23,22322,986

Median household income

$101,549$112,635

Median home value

$494,600$629,000

Median gross rent

$1,483$1,878

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Reading	Stoneham
Under 5	5.8%	6.9%
5 to 17	17.5%	13.4%
18 to 24	6.1%	4.5%
25 to 34	9.4%	13.0%
35 to 44	12.7%	17.0%
45 to 54	13.8%	11.4%
55 to 64	14.3%	13.1%
65 to 74	12.2%	10.8%
75 and over	8.3%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Reading	Stoneham
White (non-Hispanic)	85.9%	82.1%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.2%	7.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.6%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Reading	Stoneham
No high school diploma	3.8%	4.1%
High school graduate	15.8%	23.5%
Some college or associate's	15.3%	18.4%
Bachelor's degree	34.3%	31.7%
Graduate or professional degree	30.8%	22.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Reading	Stoneham
Drove alone	59.6%	70.5%
Carpooled	6.3%	4.7%
Public transit	5.1%	4.1%
Walked	1.2%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	27.7%	19.7%
Other means	0.1%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Reading	Stoneham
1-unit, detached	71.5%	54.1%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	11.6%
5 to 19 units	7.7%	9.6%
20 or more units	12.0%	20.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Reading	Stoneham
Poverty rate	2.7%	4.6%
Average household size	2.64	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	31	29
Median year structure built	1960	1965