Census Data Map

American Community Survey 2019–2023

Reading area census tracts by residents below the poverty level

Residents below the poverty level is highest in Kutztown University CDP (57.1%). This table ranks 107 eligible mapped census tracts.

Residents below the poverty level values are ACS five-year survey estimates. Percentage and median rankings exclude tracts below 500 residents; this reduces but does not eliminate sampling uncertainty.

#Census tract areaResidents below the poverty level
1Kutztown University CDP57.1%
2West Reading borough (east)53.2%
3Reading city (southeast)48%
4West Reading borough (south)45.7%
5Reading city (southwest)39.4%
6Mount Penn borough (west-northwest)38.1%
7Greenfields CDP (east)37.3%
8West Reading borough (east-southeast)35.8%
9Flying Hills CDP (north)32.7%
10Reading city (north-northwest)29.5%
11West Reading borough (north 1)28.5%
12West Reading borough (north 2)28.5%
13Reading city (north)28.1%
14Hyde Park CDP (south)27.9%
15Reading city (west-northwest)27.1%
16Reading city (south-southeast)26.7%
17West Reading borough (north-northwest)25.3%
18Reading city (northeast)25.1%
19Pennside CDP (south-southeast)23.9%
20Hyde Park CDP (southwest)23.4%
21Mount Penn borough (northwest)22.7%
22Pennside CDP (southwest)20.1%
23Pennside CDP (west)19.2%
24West Reading borough (south-southwest)19%
25Amity Gardens CDP (east-southeast)18.1%
26Birdsboro borough18.1%
27West Reading borough (west-southwest)17.9%
28Flying Hills CDP (northwest)16.7%
29West Lawn CDP (northeast)14.9%
30Shillington borough14.2%
31Fox Chase CDP14%
32Kutztown borough13.7%
33Muhlenberg Park CDP (south-southeast)13.7%
34Robesonia borough (southeast)12.7%
35West Wyomissing CDP (southwest)12.7%
36Gibraltar CDP (north-northwest)12.5%
37Mount Penn borough (northeast)12.3%
38Bowers CDP12.2%
39Laureldale borough12.1%
40Hyde Park CDP (southeast)12%
41Mohnton borough11.8%
42Sinking Spring borough11.7%
43New Berlinville CDP (northeast)11.4%
44Baumstown CDP10.7%
45St. Lawrence borough10.7%
46Bethel CDP9.8%
47Amity Gardens CDP (north)9.3%
48Flying Hills CDP (south)9.3%
49West Wyomissing CDP (west-northwest)9.2%
50Mount Aetna CDP8.8%
51Virginville CDP8.6%
52New Schaefferstown CDP8.2%
53Boyertown borough8%
54Shoemakersville borough (north-northwest)7.9%
55Pennside CDP (east-northeast)7.8%
56New Berlinville CDP (southwest)7.7%
57Pennside CDP (north-northwest)7.6%
58Gibraltar CDP (east)7.4%
59Stony Creek Mills CDP7.4%
60Pennwyn CDP7.1%
61Wernersville borough (northwest)7.1%
62Blandon CDP (southwest)6.9%
63Gouglersville CDP (east-southeast)6.7%
64Mertztown CDP6.7%
65South Temple CDP6.7%
66Gibraltar CDP (west-southwest)6.5%
67Topton borough6.5%
68Gibraltar CDP (south)6.4%
69Shartlesville CDP6.3%
70Shoemakersville borough (south-southeast)6.1%
71Temple CDP5.9%
72Hereford CDP5.8%
73New Morgan borough5.8%
74Robesonia borough (northwest)5.7%
75Blandon CDP (northeast)5.6%
76New Jerusalem CDP (east-southeast)5.6%
77Fleetwood borough5.5%
78Muhlenberg Park CDP (north-northwest)5.5%
79Leesport borough5.3%
80Hyde Park CDP (north-northwest)5.2%
81Alleghenyville CDP (east-southeast)5%
82West Lawn CDP (southwest)5%
83Colony Park CDP4.9%
84Kempton CDP4.9%
85Hyde Park CDP (north-northeast)4.8%
86Alsace Manor CDP (north-northeast)4.6%
87Oley CDP (north-northeast)4.6%
88Centerport borough4.5%
89Mount Penn borough (southeast)4.4%
90Bernville borough4.3%
91Alsace Manor CDP (south-southwest)4.1%
92Bally borough3.8%
93Hamburg borough3.6%
94Spring Ridge CDP3.6%
95West Wyomissing CDP (east-northeast)3.1%
96Lenhartsville borough2.9%
97Alleghenyville CDP (west-northwest)2.8%
98Greenfields CDP (west-southwest)2.8%
99Greenfields CDP (north)2.7%
100Reiffton CDP2.6%
101Oley CDP (south-southwest)2.5%
102Gouglersville CDP (west-northwest)2.4%
103Wernersville borough (southeast)2.1%
104Kenhorst borough2%
105Amity Gardens CDP (west-southwest)1.4%
106Jacksonwald CDP1.2%
107New Jerusalem CDP (west-northwest)0.8%

Method and source

Values come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates. Census tracts are small statistical areas, not necessarily neighbourhood boundaries. The result is a descriptive comparison of the mapped area, not a measure of individual households or a prediction. Read about the American Community Survey.