Compare Reading Metro Area, PA vs Pennsylvania (PA) vs United States

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Metric	Reading Metro Area, PA Metro Area	Pennsylvania (PA) State	United States Country
Overview
Total population	433,015	13,018,639	334,922,499
Rent	$1,181	$1,209	$1,413
Year built	1969	1965	1980
Household income	$79,777	$77,971	$80,734
Per capita income	$39,815	$44,355	$44,673
Poverty rate	12.2%	11.7%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	3.6%	4.0%
Household size	2.6	2.4	2.5
Rent over 30% of income	48.5%	44.6%	47.6%
Demographics
Total population	433,015	13,018,639	334,922,499
Adults over 25	296,613	9,189,697	230,807,303
Total households	163,236	5,274,853	129,227,496
Household size	2.6	2.4	2.5
Income & Poverty
Household income	$79,777	$77,971	$80,734
Per capita income	$39,815	$44,355	$44,673
Poverty rate	12.2%	11.7%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	3.6%	4.0%
Rent over 30% of income	48.5%	44.6%	47.6%
Housing
Rent	$1,181	$1,209	$1,413
Year built	1969	1965	1980
Households that rent	28.7%	30.7%	34.8%
Households that own	71.3%	69.3%	65.2%
Rooms per home (all homes)	6.3	6.0	5.5
Race
White	69.6%	74.5%	61%
Black	4.6%	10.6%	12.2%
Asian	1.4%	3.8%	6%
Two or more races	15%	7.1%	12.6%
Ethnicity
Hispanic or Latino	24.8%	8.7%	19.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	75.2%	91.3%	80.7%
Commute
Commute rate	88.1%	84.4%	84.9%
Commute time to work	25.0 min	26.0 min	26.0 min
Work from home	11.9%	15.6%	15.1%
Education
Less than high school	23.5%	21.3%	27.5%
High school graduate or GED	36.6%	32.9%	26%
Some college or associate degree	12.3%	10.6%	10.7%
Bachelor’s degree or higher	27.7%	35.2%	35.7%