Litchfield vs Reading

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

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

Litchfield has the higher population (1,391 vs 1,241 in Reading). Reading has the higher median household income ($48,804 vs $47,500 in Litchfield). Litchfield has the higher median home value ($110,400 vs $103,300 in Reading).

Population, income & housing

	Litchfield	Reading
Population	1,391	1,241
Median age	43.1 yrs	31.0 yrs
Median household income	$47,500	$48,804
Median home value	$110,400	$103,300
Median gross rent	$706	$741
Housing units	648	416
Homeownership rate	74.2%	65.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.1%	10.6%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Litchfield	Reading
Population	1,208 → 1,391 (+15.1%)	998 → 1,241 (+24.3%)
Median household income	$40,714 → $47,500 (+16.7%)	$47,721 → $48,804 (+2.3%)
Median home value	$80,000 → $110,400 (+38.0%)	$76,000 → $103,300 (+35.9%)
Median gross rent	$646 → $706 (+9.3%)	$781 → $741 (-5.1%)

Litchfield

Population

1,2081,391

Median household income

$40,714$47,500

Median home value

$80,000$110,400

Median gross rent

$646$706

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)

	Litchfield	Reading
Under 5	5.0%	11.0%
5 to 17	16.5%	25.0%
18 to 24	10.1%	8.3%
25 to 34	10.5%	7.3%
35 to 44	10.5%	15.5%
45 to 54	10.4%	8.0%
55 to 64	18.9%	13.6%
65 to 74	12.9%	8.2%
75 and over	5.2%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Litchfield	Reading
White (non-Hispanic)	92.7%	97.5%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Litchfield	Reading
No high school diploma	8.5%	19.8%
High school graduate	44.7%	32.4%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	37.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	5.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Litchfield	Reading
Drove alone	82.3%	71.5%
Carpooled	15.7%	11.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	0.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.6%	11.7%
Other means	0.4%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Litchfield	Reading
1-unit, detached	71.8%	82.5%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	11.3%	8.2%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.8%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Litchfield	Reading
Poverty rate	12.9%	43.2%
Average household size	2.33	3.25
Mean commute (minutes)	19	20
Median year structure built	1965	1940