Metro area · CBSA 39740
Reading
The Reading, PA metro area has 433,015 people. Median rent is $1,181, 17.8% of median household income, and HUD puts the 2-bedroom fair market rent in Berks County at $1,418. Of the 65 places we track here, Grill has the lightest rent burden.
Median household income
$79,777
Median home value
$257,300
Unemployment
5.4%
2-bedroom fair market rent
$1,418
HUD, Berks County
Places in this metro
Largest first. Rent to income is the median rent as a share of median household income.
| Place | Population | Rent | Rent to income |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 95,242 | $1,067 | 29.0% |
| Wyomissing | 11,172 | $1,781 | 22.9% |
| Blandon | 7,357 | $1,335 | 14.6% |
| Shillington | 5,492 | $1,387 | 20.8% |
| Pennside | 5,407 | $1,203 | 18.7% |
| Whitfield | 5,226 | $1,474 | 14.0% |
| Birdsboro | 5,116 | $1,146 | 15.9% |
| Lorane | 4,601 | $1,743 | 24.8% |
| Reiffton | 4,575 | $1,630 | 15.2% |
| West Reading | 4,562 | $1,365 | 24.9% |
| Amity Gardens | 4,499 | $1,512 | 19.0% |
| Hamburg | 4,456 | $1,148 | 24.8% |
| Boyertown | 4,287 | $1,131 | 23.9% |
| Laureldale | 4,284 | $1,516 | 26.1% |
| Sinking Spring | 4,281 | $1,342 | 19.5% |
| Kutztown University | 4,182 | $1,181 | 75.9% |
| Kutztown | 4,180 | $1,106 | 25.0% |
| Fleetwood | 4,064 | $1,500 | 19.3% |
| Jacksonwald | 3,894 | $1,671 | 16.7% |
| Riverview Park | 3,619 | $1,446 | 15.1% |
| West Wyomissing | 3,289 | $1,414 | 20.6% |
| Mount Penn | 3,244 | $953 | 18.0% |
| Kenhorst | 3,009 | $1,419 | 19.6% |
| Mohnton | 2,922 | $999 | 14.8% |
| Womelsdorf | 2,904 | $1,385 | 15.0% |
| Hyde Park | 2,846 | $1,144 | 17.4% |
| Wernersville | 2,786 | $1,389 | 22.0% |
| Robesonia | 2,261 | $1,170 | 15.4% |
| Topton | 2,215 | $1,242 | 16.1% |
| Leesport | 2,166 | $978 | 12.3% |
| Temple | 2,135 | $1,382 | 22.5% |
| Adamstown | 2,023 | $1,231 | 12.6% |
| Grill | 1,903 | $1,181 | 9.8% |
| West Hamburg | 1,896 | $869 | 15.9% |
| South Temple | 1,882 | $1,739 | 24.3% |
| St. Lawrence | 1,851 | $1,204 | 16.9% |
| Lincoln Park | 1,801 | $1,613 | 18.7% |
| Flying Hills | 1,738 | $1,419 | 21.7% |
| Fox Chase | 1,575 | $1,181 | 11.7% |
| Hereford | 1,452 | $1,660 | 25.0% |
| New Berlinville | 1,432 | $1,065 | 16.6% |
| Shoemakersville | 1,394 | $1,146 | 17.3% |
| West Lawn | 1,384 | $1,155 | 19.9% |
| Morgantown | 1,381 | $1,546 | 23.7% |
| Springmont | 1,319 | $1,181 | 17.2% |
| Muhlenberg Park | 1,259 | $1,181 | 14.0% |
| Colony Park | 1,175 | $1,644 | 24.6% |
| Bally | 1,161 | $1,123 | 17.7% |
| Oley | 1,153 | $1,181 | 16.0% |
| Stony Creek Mills | 1,081 | $3,501 | 69.1% |
| Greenfields | 986 | $2,015 | 30.7% |
| Alleghenyville | 932 | $1,181 | 10.3% |
| Spring Ridge | 917 | $1,392 | 24.4% |
| Bechtelsville | 914 | $1,191 | 15.9% |
| Penn State Berks | 872 | $1,181 | 17.8% |
| Dauberville | 854 | $1,181 | 13.6% |
| Bernville | 802 | $1,151 | 15.5% |
| Gouglersville | 694 | $1,442 | 21.7% |
| Edenburg | 691 | $1,691 | 19.7% |
| New Jerusalem | 645 | $1,181 | 13.9% |
| Montrose Manor | 630 | $1,598 | 28.0% |
| Bethel | 587 | $1,181 | 17.8% |
| Cambridge | 576 | $1,181 | 17.8% |
| Mount Aetna | 544 | $1,114 | 16.5% |
| Mertztown | 530 | $1,181 | 21.7% |
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Data as of 2026-11-14. How these figures are built.