Reading vs Waldron

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

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

Reading has the higher population (1,241 vs 605 in Waldron). Reading has the higher median household income ($48,804 vs $45,750 in Waldron). Reading has the higher median home value ($103,300 vs $82,600 in Waldron).

Population, income & housing

	Reading	Waldron
Population	1,241	605
Median age	31.0 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$48,804	$45,750
Median home value	$103,300	$82,600
Median gross rent	$741	$864
Housing units	416	281
Homeownership rate	65.3%	68.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.6%	8.4%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Reading	Waldron
Population	998 → 1,241 (+24.3%)	489 → 605 (+23.7%)
Median household income	$47,721 → $48,804 (+2.3%)	$46,250 → $45,750 (-1.1%)
Median home value	$76,000 → $103,300 (+35.9%)	$42,100 → $82,600 (+96.2%)
Median gross rent	$781 → $741 (-5.1%)	$690 → $864 (+25.2%)

Reading

Population

9981,241

Median household income

$47,721$48,804

Median home value

$76,000$103,300

Median gross rent

$781$741

Waldron

Population

489605

Median household income

$46,250$45,750

Median home value

$42,100$82,600

Median gross rent

$690$864

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Reading	Waldron
Under 5	11.0%	7.9%
5 to 17	25.0%	14.0%
18 to 24	8.3%	5.1%
25 to 34	7.3%	18.3%
35 to 44	15.5%	15.2%
45 to 54	8.0%	13.1%
55 to 64	13.6%	15.2%
65 to 74	8.2%	7.1%
75 and over	3.1%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Reading	Waldron
White (non-Hispanic)	97.5%	94.0%
Black or African American	0.2%	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%	0.8%
Two or more races	1.2%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Reading	Waldron
No high school diploma	19.8%	7.0%
High school graduate	32.4%	56.7%
Some college or associate's	37.2%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	5.8%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Reading	Waldron
Drove alone	71.5%	76.3%
Carpooled	11.3%	18.3%
Public transit	0.6%	2.0%
Walked	1.7%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.7%	2.0%
Other means	3.2%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Reading	Waldron
1-unit, detached	82.5%	86.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	8.2%	6.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Reading	Waldron
Poverty rate	43.2%	14.7%
Average household size	3.25	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	20	25
Median year structure built	1940	1938