Reading vs Whitfield

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

Reading and Whitfield 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 5,346 in Whitfield). Whitfield has the higher median household income ($123,358 vs $45,599 in Reading). Whitfield has the higher median home value ($291,500 vs $109,800 in Reading).

Population, income & housing

	Reading	Whitfield
Population	94,836	5,346
Median age	31.7 yrs	46.5 yrs
Median household income	$45,599	$123,358
Median home value	$109,800	$291,500
Median gross rent	$1,018	$1,380
Housing units	36,289	2,054
Homeownership rate	39.7%	91.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.7%	56.1%
Unemployment rate	12.1%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Reading	Whitfield
Population	88,232 → 94,836 (+7.5%)	4,560 → 5,346 (+17.2%)
Median household income	$32,176 → $45,599 (+41.7%)	$79,896 → $123,358 (+54.4%)
Median home value	$73,200 → $109,800 (+50.0%)	$213,400 → $291,500 (+36.6%)
Median gross rent	$811 → $1,018 (+25.5%)	$1,180 → $1,380 (+16.9%)

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

Whitfield

Population

4,5605,346

Median household income

$79,896$123,358

Median home value

$213,400$291,500

Median gross rent

$1,180$1,380

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Reading	Whitfield
Under 5	7.7%	5.4%
5 to 17	20.7%	16.5%
18 to 24	12.2%	4.8%
25 to 34	13.7%	7.7%
35 to 44	12.8%	12.9%
45 to 54	11.5%	20.5%
55 to 64	10.7%	11.8%
65 to 74	6.6%	12.9%
75 and over	4.1%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Reading	Whitfield
White (non-Hispanic)	20.3%	80.3%
Black or African American	7.8%	0.5%
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%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	68.6%	11.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Reading	Whitfield
No high school diploma	27.3%	1.2%
High school graduate	38.7%	23.5%
Some college or associate's	22.3%	19.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.2%	32.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	23.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Reading	Whitfield
Drove alone	63.7%	78.4%
Carpooled	15.8%	2.4%
Public transit	3.9%	1.7%
Walked	5.4%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	15.7%
Other means	6.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Reading	Whitfield
1-unit, detached	12.3%	88.2%
1-unit, attached	52.2%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	18.5%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	7.2%	5.1%
20 or more units	9.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Reading	Whitfield
Poverty rate	27.0%	5.0%
Average household size	2.79	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	24	23
Median year structure built	1938	1972