Home values, rents and more in the Reading metro area
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How the Reading metro compares
The typical home in the Reading metro area is worth about $311,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in the Reading metro are 8% above the typical value in Pennsylvania ($287,000) and 15% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in the Reading metro rose 3.5%, compared with +2.2% in Pennsylvania and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,551 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 3% below Pennsylvania ($1,599) and 20% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 3.2% over the past year.
The median household income is $79,777, against $77,971 in Pennsylvania and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 440,072 people live in the Reading metro (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).
The Reading metro has the 317th-highest typical home value of the 923 metro areas in the United States and the 8th-highest of 36 in Pennsylvania with Zillow figures.
Part of: Pennsylvania
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Nearby metro areas
Counties in the Reading metro
Cities in the Reading metro
- Reading, PA $263,000
- Wyomissing, PA $383,000
- Shillington, PA $264,000
- Birdsboro, PA $336,000
- West Reading, PA $242,000
- Hamburg, PA $299,000
- Boyertown, PA $342,000
- Laureldale, PA $245,000
- Kutztown, PA $361,000
- Fleetwood, PA $353,000
- Mohnton, PA $394,000
- Womelsdorf, PA $307,000
- Wernersville, PA $356,000
- Robesonia, PA $329,000
- Topton, PA $264,000
- Leesport, PA $367,000
- Temple, PA $274,000
- Shoemakersville, PA $287,000
- West Lawn, PA $253,000
- Morgantown, PA $446,000
- Bally, PA $282,000
- Bechtelsville, PA $336,000
- Bernville, PA $405,000
Sources
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, September 2026. Rents: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), seasonally adjusted. Population: Census population estimates (July 2025) for states, metros and counties; ACS 2020–24 for cities and ZIP codes. Income: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–24 5-year estimates. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files. Compiled by Home Economics.
"Typical" is Zillow's middle-tier value (homes between the 35th and 65th percentiles), not a median sale price. Changes are over the 12 months to September 2026.