North College Hill vs Reading

A side-by-side comparison of North College Hill and Reading: population, income, housing, and more.

North College Hill and Reading are places in Ohio. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Reading has the higher population (10,490 vs 9,564 in North College Hill). North College Hill has the higher median household income ($63,031 vs $60,167 in Reading). Reading has the higher median home value ($184,200 vs $125,200 in North College Hill).

Population, income & housing

	North College Hill	Reading
Population	9,564	10,490
Median age	30.7 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$63,031	$60,167
Median home value	$125,200	$184,200
Median gross rent	$991	$871
Housing units	4,040	5,110
Homeownership rate	61.3%	58.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.6%	24.8%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	North College Hill	Reading
Population	9,335 → 9,564 (+2.5%)	10,353 → 10,490 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$45,769 → $63,031 (+37.7%)	$56,137 → $60,167 (+7.2%)
Median home value	$82,700 → $125,200 (+51.4%)	$129,400 → $184,200 (+42.3%)
Median gross rent	$910 → $991 (+8.9%)	$726 → $871 (+20.0%)

North College Hill

Population

9,3359,564

Median household income

$45,769$63,031

Median home value

$82,700$125,200

Median gross rent

$910$991

Reading

Population

10,35310,490

Median household income

$56,137$60,167

Median home value

$129,400$184,200

Median gross rent

$726$871

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	North College Hill	Reading
Under 5	7.5%	5.2%
5 to 17	20.3%	15.2%
18 to 24	8.0%	6.8%
25 to 34	25.3%	13.9%
35 to 44	7.8%	11.3%
45 to 54	9.2%	12.4%
55 to 64	10.6%	18.8%
65 to 74	8.5%	9.7%
75 and over	2.8%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	North College Hill	Reading
White (non-Hispanic)	31.4%	82.1%
Black or African American	61.6%	5.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.0%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	North College Hill	Reading
No high school diploma	9.6%	9.0%
High school graduate	34.4%	39.4%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	26.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.1%	15.8%
Graduate or professional degree	10.6%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	North College Hill	Reading
Drove alone	68.7%	77.1%
Carpooled	17.6%	5.7%
Public transit	8.6%	0.4%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	16.3%
Other means	0.2%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	North College Hill	Reading
1-unit, detached	78.1%	67.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	10.7%
5 to 19 units	11.8%	14.8%
20 or more units	4.3%	6.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	North College Hill	Reading
Poverty rate	24.0%	12.9%
Average household size	2.59	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	30	18
Median year structure built	1952	1955