Blandon vs Reading

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

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

Reading has the higher population (94,836 vs 7,546 in Blandon). Blandon has the higher median household income ($109,775 vs $45,599 in Reading). Blandon has the higher median home value ($269,700 vs $109,800 in Reading).

Population, income & housing

	Blandon	Reading
Population	7,546	94,836
Median age	43.4 yrs	31.7 yrs
Median household income	$109,775	$45,599
Median home value	$269,700	$109,800
Median gross rent	$1,178	$1,018
Housing units	2,823	36,289
Homeownership rate	90.3%	39.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.0%	11.7%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	12.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blandon	Reading
Population	8,111 → 7,546 (-7.0%)	88,232 → 94,836 (+7.5%)
Median household income	$92,750 → $109,775 (+18.4%)	$32,176 → $45,599 (+41.7%)
Median home value	$194,000 → $269,700 (+39.0%)	$73,200 → $109,800 (+50.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,215 → $1,178 (-3.0%)	$811 → $1,018 (+25.5%)

Blandon

Population

8,1117,546

Median household income

$92,750$109,775

Median home value

$194,000$269,700

Median gross rent

$1,215$1,178

Reading

Population

88,23294,836

Median household income

$32,176$45,599

Median home value

$73,200$109,800

Median gross rent

$811$1,018

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blandon	Reading
Under 5	5.2%	7.7%
5 to 17	17.1%	20.7%
18 to 24	8.0%	12.2%
25 to 34	12.7%	13.7%
35 to 44	9.5%	12.8%
45 to 54	19.7%	11.5%
55 to 64	14.1%	10.7%
65 to 74	9.6%	6.6%
75 and over	4.3%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blandon	Reading
White (non-Hispanic)	79.2%	20.3%
Black or African American	1.9%	7.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.5%
Two or more races	0.5%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	16.5%	68.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blandon	Reading
No high school diploma	4.6%	27.3%
High school graduate	34.6%	38.7%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	22.3%
Bachelor's degree	22.8%	8.2%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blandon	Reading
Drove alone	73.6%	63.7%
Carpooled	12.3%	15.8%
Public transit	0.0%	3.9%
Walked	0.0%	5.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	13.4%	5.0%
Other means	0.6%	6.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blandon	Reading
1-unit, detached	72.1%	12.3%
1-unit, attached	19.4%	52.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	18.5%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	7.2%
20 or more units	0.2%	9.4%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Blandon	Reading
Poverty rate	6.5%	27.0%
Average household size	2.67	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	28	24
Median year structure built	1996	1938