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Reading city, Pennsylvania

People
Population95,242B01003
Population, 2020 census95,112P1
Median age31.9B01002
Under 1828.4%B01001
65 and over10.7%B01001
Households33,164B11001
Foreign born25.4%B05002
Money
Median household income$44,091B19013
Median family income$55,084B19113
Per capita income$21,406B19301
Poverty rate28.7%B17001
Unemployment rate13.7%B23025
Civilian labor force44,630B23025
Mean commute (minutes)24.1B08013
Education
Bachelor's degree or higher11.4%B15003
Housing
Housing units36,032B25001
Owner-occupied40.6%B25003
Renters59.4%B25003
Median home value$121,300B25077
Median gross rent$1,067B25064
Race and ethnicity
White, not Hispanic18.5%B03002
Black7.7%B03002
Hispanic or Latino70.8%B03002
Asian0.5%B03002
American Indian and Alaska Native0.0%B03002

Figures from the 2020-2024 American Community Survey five-year estimates (table codes link to the same table for this area at data.census.gov) and the 2020 census (P1), via IPUMS NHGIS. Estimates for small areas carry wide margins of error; a tract's figures describe its residents, not any one organization.

Against the county: median household income here is 55% of Berks County's ($79,777); poverty 28.7% against 12.2%.

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Reading city: 95,242ZIP 19606: 224 nonprofits, $207,791,784ZIP 19601: 199 nonprofits, $188,745,222ZIP 19605: 132 nonprofits, $166,819,912ZIP 19602: 97 nonprofits, $43,146,515ZIP 19604: 90 nonprofits, $33,451,012ZIP 19607: 89 nonprofits, $154,925,815ZIP 19610: 52 nonprofits, $9,486,397ZIP 19608: 51 nonprofits, $2,972,483ZIP 19611: 50 nonprofits, $11,852,471ZIP 19609: 29 nonprofits, $3,110,338ZIP 19560: 1 nonprofitsZIP 19067: 1 nonprofits

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FURP records in Reading, PA

RecordsHow manyTotalBiggest
Nonprofits1,143$1,923,196,497 revenue (latest return)TOWER HEALTH ($502,368,130)
Nonprofit contractors128$337,381,948 paid by nonprofitsSTEVENS & LEE ($88,688,249)
Colleges and schools711,333 enrollmentReading Area Community College (4,788)
Form D issuers8$55,209,000 amount soldSMC PM Holdings, LLC ($50,375,000)
Political committees22YATRON FOR CONGRESS COMTE
Form 5500 plan sponsors530758 plansCARPENTER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION (17)
Open Payments recipients617$3,639,440 industry paymentsPENNSYLVANIA REGIONAL CENTER FOR ARTHRITIS AND OSTEOPOROSIS RESEARCH ($770,028)
Food recall firms22 recallsTom Sturgis Pretzels, Inc. (1)
Patent and trademark owners3601,475 patents and marksSweet Street Desserts, Inc. (90)
IPO registrants317 filingsYUASA INC (7)
Federal award recipients8,947$4,016,050,328 federal awardsFIDELITY TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION ($1,513,957,228)
State business registrations647ROSE ACQUISITION COMPANY, LLC

Cross-reference: 1,143 nonprofits for 95,242 residents is 120.0 per 10,000 people; their latest-year revenue of $1,923,196,497 is $20,193 per resident, 131.5% of all household income here (households at the median income).

Highest-paid people on nonprofit returns here

#NameTitleOrganizationPayYearTimes the median household income
1MICHAEL STERNBOARD MEMBERREADING HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$1,565,707202435.5x
2DAN AHERNBOARD MEMB TREADING HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$1,306,746202429.6x
3SUZANNE WENDEROTH MDEVP/CMOTOWER HEALTH$1,240,093202428.1x
4BRET KREVOLINPRESIDENT/CEOUTILITIES EMPLOYEES CREDIT UNION$1,197,938202427.2x
5MIKE EESLEYTREASURERTOWER HEALTH$1,138,877202425.8x
6John LoyackTreasurer until 5/15/25INPERIUM INC$905,990202420.5x
7ERIC ELGIN MDBOARD MEMBTEREADING HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER SELF-INSURANCE FUND$876,553202119.9x
8HARSH GREWAL MDPHYSICIANSTC HEALTHCARE PARTNERS LLC$875,298202419.9x
9JOHN H DEPPELER IV MEDPRESIDENT UNTIL 3/2021Edison Court Inc$872,543202019.8x
10JOHN DEPPLERDIRECTOR UNTIL 2/2021Alvarium Healthcare Inc$872,543202019.8x

Each person's latest year on a 990 at a nonprofit placed here (reported pay including related organizations and other compensation); people paid under $50,000 are left out. The median household income here is $44,091.

Nonprofits: biggest by revenue (latest return)

Nonprofit contractors: biggest by paid by nonprofits

Colleges and schools: biggest by enrollment

Form D issuers: biggest by amount sold

Political committees

Form 5500 plan sponsors: biggest by plans

Open Payments recipients: biggest by industry payments

Food recall firms: biggest by recalls

Patent and trademark owners: biggest by patents and marks

IPO registrants: biggest by filings

Federal award recipients: biggest by federal awards

Census figures are from IPUMS NHGIS: the American Community Survey 2020-2024 five-year estimates (ACS table codes shown with each figure) and the 2020 decennial census (Demographic and Housing Characteristics), by state, county, place and census tract. FURP records are placed by ZIP code (the Census Bureau's 2020 ZCTA-to-county and ZCTA-to-tract relationship files: the county or tract holding most of the ZIP's land) and by city name (Census place names, normalized), so a record's tract is its ZIP's main tract, not its street's. Cite: Jonathan Schroeder, David Van Riper, Steven Manson, Grace Cooper, Zachary Krause, Tracy Kugler, Tsu Zhu, and Steven Ruggles. IPUMS National Historical Geographic Information System: Version 21.0 [dataset]. Minneapolis, MN: IPUMS. 2026. http://doi.org/10.18128/D050.V21.0