Paden City vs Reader

A side-by-side comparison of Paden City and Reader: population, income, housing, and more.

Paden City and Reader are places in West Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Paden City has the higher population (2,529 vs 229 in Reader). Reader has the higher median household income ($61,815 vs $53,871 in Paden City). Paden City has the higher median home value ($102,100 vs $89,600 in Reader).

Population, income & housing

	Paden City	Reader
Population	2,529	229
Median age	40.2 yrs	57.9 yrs
Median household income	$53,871	$61,815
Median home value	$102,100	$89,600
Median gross rent	$830	—
Housing units	1,193	151
Homeownership rate	79.0%	92.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.5%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Paden City	Reader
Population	3,089 → 2,529 (-18.1%)	336 → 229 (-31.8%)
Median household income	$47,563 → $53,871 (+13.3%)	$30,938 → $61,815 (+99.8%)
Median home value	$84,800 → $102,100 (+20.4%)	$113,900 → $89,600 (-21.3%)
Median gross rent	$813 → $830 (+2.1%)	—

Paden City

Population

3,0892,529

Median household income

$47,563$53,871

Median home value

$84,800$102,100

Median gross rent

$813$830

Reader

Population

336229

Median household income

$30,938$61,815

Median home value

$113,900$89,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Paden City	Reader
Under 5	7.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	16.2%	10.0%
18 to 24	5.7%	0.0%
25 to 34	14.8%	0.0%
35 to 44	12.4%	12.2%
45 to 54	11.0%	11.8%
55 to 64	12.4%	22.3%
65 to 74	9.6%	26.6%
75 and over	10.1%	17.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Paden City	Reader
White (non-Hispanic)	98.1%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Paden City	Reader
No high school diploma	8.7%	20.9%
High school graduate	40.2%	26.7%
Some college or associate's	34.6%	52.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Paden City	Reader
Drove alone	81.5%	100.0%
Carpooled	9.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.4%	0.0%
Other means	6.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Paden City	Reader
1-unit, detached	84.4%	79.5%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.0%	20.5%

Poverty & households

	Paden City	Reader
Poverty rate	11.7%	0.0%
Average household size	2.48	1.52
Mean commute (minutes)	23	—
Median year structure built	1957	1966