Jonesville vs Reading

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

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

Jonesville has the higher population (2,257 vs 1,241 in Reading). Jonesville has the higher median household income ($55,865 vs $48,804 in Reading). Jonesville has the higher median home value ($145,500 vs $103,300 in Reading).

Population, income & housing

	Jonesville	Reading
Population	2,257	1,241
Median age	31.8 yrs	31.0 yrs
Median household income	$55,865	$48,804
Median home value	$145,500	$103,300
Median gross rent	$628	$741
Housing units	1,015	416
Homeownership rate	79.2%	65.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.7%	10.6%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jonesville	Reading
Population	2,409 → 2,257 (-6.3%)	998 → 1,241 (+24.3%)
Median household income	$44,881 → $55,865 (+24.5%)	$47,721 → $48,804 (+2.3%)
Median home value	$95,500 → $145,500 (+52.4%)	$76,000 → $103,300 (+35.9%)
Median gross rent	$629 → $628 (-0.2%)	$781 → $741 (-5.1%)

Jonesville

Population

2,4092,257

Median household income

$44,881$55,865

Median home value

$95,500$145,500

Median gross rent

$629$628

Reading

Population

9981,241

Median household income

$47,721$48,804

Median home value

$76,000$103,300

Median gross rent

$781$741

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jonesville	Reading
Under 5	12.8%	11.0%
5 to 17	20.8%	25.0%
18 to 24	5.5%	8.3%
25 to 34	16.3%	7.3%
35 to 44	6.6%	15.5%
45 to 54	14.4%	8.0%
55 to 64	8.2%	13.6%
65 to 74	8.2%	8.2%
75 and over	7.2%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jonesville	Reading
White (non-Hispanic)	95.0%	97.5%
Black or African American	1.6%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jonesville	Reading
No high school diploma	7.5%	19.8%
High school graduate	47.7%	32.4%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	37.2%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	5.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jonesville	Reading
Drove alone	78.2%	71.5%
Carpooled	11.8%	11.3%
Public transit	0.5%	0.6%
Walked	0.6%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.0%	11.7%
Other means	0.0%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jonesville	Reading
1-unit, detached	73.8%	82.5%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	10.0%	8.2%
20 or more units	2.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.4%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Jonesville	Reading
Poverty rate	21.1%	43.2%
Average household size	2.48	3.25
Mean commute (minutes)	27	20
Median year structure built	1957	1940