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Pittsburgh vs Reading

Pittsburgh, PA compared with Reading, PA · 213 miles apart

Pittsburgh has 307,632 residents to Reading’s 95,832. Pittsburgh comes out ahead on median household income, homeownership, average commute. Reading does better on median rent, price to income.

Pittsburgh, PA Reading, PA
Population 307,632 95,832
Density (per sq mi) 5,556 9,736
Median household income $65,742 $44,091
Median home value $205,800 $121,300
Median rent $1,261 $1,067
Homeownership 47.7% 40.6%
Average commute 22.7 min 24.1 min
Median age 33.6 31.9
Bachelor's degree + 49.1% 11.4%
Poverty rate 20.1% 28.7%
Unemployment 6.1% 13.7%
Price to income 3.1× 2.8×

Highlighted where one city is clearly better on that measure. Population, density, home value and median age carry no highlight — a higher number there is good or bad depending on what you want.

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