Reading, MA
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None of the households in Reading, MA reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.
Most people in Reading, MA drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 30.6 minutes. The average car ownership in Reading, MA was 2 cars per household.
The economy of Reading, MA employs 13.4k people. The largest industries in Reading, MA are Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services (2,413 people), Health Care & Social Assistance (1,954 people), and Educational Services (1,774 people), and the highest paying industries are Information ($142,604), Manufacturing ($142,273), and Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting, & Mining ($120,625).
The most common job groups, by number of people living in Reading, MA, are Management Occupations (2,198 people), Business & Financial Operations Occupations (1,757 people), and Education Instruction, & Library Occupations (1,239 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Reading, MA.
This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in Massachusetts (not-seasonally adjusted) compared with the four states with the most similar impact.
The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.
The most common employment sectors for those who live in Reading, MA, are Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services (2,413 people), Health Care & Social Assistance (1,954 people), and Educational Services (1,774 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Reading, MA, though some of these residents may live in Reading, MA and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.
As of February 2023, there are 3.67M people employed in Massachusetts. This represents a 2.61% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.
Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 17.5%.
The following chart shows monthly employment numbers for each industry sector in Massachusetts.
In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in Massachusetts went to Kamala Harris with 61.2% of the vote. The runner-up was Donald J. Trump (36%), followed by Other (1.48%).
Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey are the senators currently representing the state of Massachusetts. In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.
Massachusetts is currently represented by 9 members in the U.S. house, and members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms.
In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in Massachusetts went to Kamala Harris with 61.2% of the vote. The runner-up was Donald J. Trump (36%), followed by Other (1.48%).
The following chart shows the popular vote results in Massachusetts for each registered party from 1976 to 2024.
Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey are the senators currently representing Massachusetts.
In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.
The following chart shows elected senators in Massachusetts over time, excluding special elections, colored by their political party.
Massachusetts is currently represented by 9 members in the U.S. house.
Members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms, and the following chart shows the how the members for Massachusetts have changed over time starting in 2008.
The graph shows the evolution of awarded degrees by degrees. Under the paragraphs, the average number of awarded degrees by university in each degree is shown.
In N/A, N/A% of men over 25 years of age had not completed any academic degree (no schooling), while N/A% of women were in the same situation.
This visualization shows the gender distribution of the population according to the academic level reached.
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This visualization illustrates the percentage distribution of the population according to the highest educational level reached. You can filter the data by race by using the selector above.
People in Reading, MA have an average commute time of 30.6 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Reading, MA is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.
The following map shows all of the places in Reading, MA colored by their Median Household Income (N/A).
The following chart displays the households in Reading, MA distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $200k+ range.
In N/A, the income inequality in N/A was N/A according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a N/A N/A from N/A to N/A, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat N/A even. The GINI for N/A was N/A than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed N/A evenly in N/A in comparison to the national average.
This chart shows the number of workers in Reading, MA across various wage buckets compared to the national average.
In 2023, 59.6% of workers in Reading, MA drove alone to work, followed by those who worked at home (27.7%) and those who carpooled to work (6.3%).
The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.
Using averages, employees in Reading, MA have a longer commute time (30.6 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.6 minutes). Additionally, 1.48% of the workforce in Reading, MA have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.
The chart below shows how the median household income in Reading, MA compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.
The following chart displays the households in Reading, MA distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Reading, MA have 2 cars.
N/A% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Reading, MA (N/A out of N/A people) live below the poverty line, a number that is approximately the same as the national average of 12.4%. The largest demographic living in poverty are N/A N/A, followed by N/A N/A and then N/A N/A.
The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Reading, MA is White, followed by Hispanic and Other.
The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.
N/A% of the population of Reading, MA has health coverage, with N/A% on employee plans, N/A% on Medicaid, N/A% on Medicare, N/A% on non-group plans, and N/A% on military or VA plans.
In N/A, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in .
By gender, of the total number of insured persons, N/A were men and N/A were women.
The following chart shows the number of people with health coverage by gender.
The following chart shows how the percent of uninsured individuals in Reading, MA changed over time compared with the percent of individuals enrolled in various types of health insurance.
