Berks County * Reading metro
35.9K
Population
$85.6K
Median income
per household
$245.6K
Home value
9.9%
Poverty rate
What stands out
2 of 5 metrics better than U.S. benchmarks
Rental strain: 53.5% of renter households are rent-burdened (≥30% of income).
Median household income
$85.6K
U.S.
$81K
Per-capita income
$41.9K
U.S.
$45K
Median home value
$245.6K
U.S.
$333K
Rent-burdened renters (≥30%)
53.5%
U.S.
51.1%
Severely rent-burdened (≥50%)
23.9%
U.S.
25.9%
Rent-to-Income
17.4%
Below 30% threshold
Home-Value-to-Income
2.9×
Within typical 3-5x range
Share of households by income bracket (ACS).
0 of 1 available metrics better than U.S.
CDC PLACES modeled ZCTA-level estimates (some measures may be unavailable).
2 of 3 metrics better than U.S.
Best available speed
1,000Mbps
Gigabit speeds reported
100+ Mbps coverage
98.0%
U.S.
85.3%
Gigabit ready
5.5%
U.S.
8.6%
5G available
97.4%
U.S.
77.4%
Education metrics come from ACS 5-year estimates for ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs).
Bachelor's degree+ (age 25+)
30.8%
U.S.
35.7%
ZIP-level estimates can have higher margins of error than county/state totals; treat small differences as noise.
School districts
12 tracts overlap this ZIP. Hover over segments to explore.
Tract 129.01
15.9%
Tract 121.03
15.7%
Tract 123
15.5%
Tract 121.04
12.6%
Tract 120.04
8.2%
Others (7)
30.0%
ZIP codes can span multiple congressional districts. Overlap percentages are approximate by land area. Verify by address.
PA-6
82.7%
PA-4
17.3%
Release schedule and upstream dates: Sources.
Derived statistics
Data accuracy & methodology