Reading vs Shillington

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

Reading and Shillington 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 5,462 in Shillington). Shillington has the higher median household income ($77,289 vs $45,599 in Reading). Shillington has the higher median home value ($190,600 vs $109,800 in Reading).

Population, income & housing

	Reading	Shillington
Population	94,836	5,462
Median age	31.7 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$45,599	$77,289
Median home value	$109,800	$190,600
Median gross rent	$1,018	$1,293
Housing units	36,289	2,421
Homeownership rate	39.7%	64.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.7%	22.1%
Unemployment rate	12.1%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Reading	Shillington
Population	88,232 → 94,836 (+7.5%)	5,300 → 5,462 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$32,176 → $45,599 (+41.7%)	$65,032 → $77,289 (+18.8%)
Median home value	$73,200 → $109,800 (+50.0%)	$143,700 → $190,600 (+32.6%)
Median gross rent	$811 → $1,018 (+25.5%)	$985 → $1,293 (+31.3%)

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

Shillington

Population

5,3005,462

Median household income

$65,032$77,289

Median home value

$143,700$190,600

Median gross rent

$985$1,293

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Reading	Shillington
Under 5	7.7%	7.0%
5 to 17	20.7%	16.3%
18 to 24	12.2%	5.5%
25 to 34	13.7%	16.8%
35 to 44	12.8%	17.0%
45 to 54	11.5%	6.8%
55 to 64	10.7%	14.5%
65 to 74	6.6%	8.5%
75 and over	4.1%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Reading	Shillington
White (non-Hispanic)	20.3%	73.2%
Black or African American	7.8%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	68.6%	22.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Reading	Shillington
No high school diploma	27.3%	4.6%
High school graduate	38.7%	39.2%
Some college or associate's	22.3%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	8.2%	12.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	9.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Reading	Shillington
Drove alone	63.7%	74.3%
Carpooled	15.8%	3.6%
Public transit	3.9%	0.0%
Walked	5.4%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	19.5%
Other means	6.1%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Reading	Shillington
1-unit, detached	12.3%	37.9%
1-unit, attached	52.2%	46.4%
2 to 4 units	18.5%	13.1%
5 to 19 units	7.2%	2.5%
20 or more units	9.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Reading	Shillington
Poverty rate	27.0%	14.2%
Average household size	2.79	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	24	19
Median year structure built	1938	1940