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Places Similar to Reading, Pennsylvania

PlaceMatch™ lets you find places similar to any city or town you select, either using the default criteria or using criteria you specify.The criteria being used are show as column headings in the results table further below.

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Cities and Towns Similar to Reading, Pennsylvania:
Sorted from most similar to least (using the default selection criteria).

Your specified criteria have resulted in 70 locations (a maximum of 100 are shown in the table below). Note that you can dictate for each each criterion (e.g., the percentage of people in poverty) whether it should match Reading 'loosely' or 'strictly', using the Advanced Controls. This matching level, loose versus strict, is shown near the top of each column in the results table.

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City, StateSimilarityGo To
City
 1 Person Houses65+College GradsCommute MinutesFamily IncomeKids 0-4Non WhitePop.PovertySeasonal Housing
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READING, PENNSYLVANIA [details] 31.7%12.4%8.6%22$31,0678.7%40.8%81,20726.1%0.2%
1. York, Pennsylvania94.3[details] 33.1%10.9%10.6%20$30,7628%40.2%40,86223.8%0.1%
2. Lancaster, Pennsylvania93.4[details] 33.4%10.5%14%21$34,6237.9%38.4%56,34821.2%0.2%
3. Central Falls, Rhode Island92.7[details] 29.1%11.5%5.7%23$26,8448.7%42.8%18,92829%0.1%
4. Trenton, New Jersey91.6[details] 29.8%11.4%9.2%25$36,6817.6%67.4%85,40321.1%0.1%
5. Ecorse, Michigan90.5[details] 30.8%12.3%4.7%25$32,3747.9%47.8%11,22922.6%0.2%
6. East Chicago, Indiana90.2[details] 28.5%13.3%7.1%23$31,7789.1%63.5%32,41424.4%0.2%
7. Kankakee, Illinois90.2[details] 31.4%13.4%13.2%23$36,4288.3%49.1%27,49121.4%0.2%
8. River Rouge, Michigan90.1[details] 26.4%10.6%5.6%24$33,8758.3%47.4%9,91722%0.1%
9. Cleveland, Ohio90.1[details] 35.2%12.5%11.4%26$30,2868.1%58.5%478,40326.3%0.4%
10. West Sacramento, California90[details] 27.2%12.7%9.8%22$36,3717.7%35%31,61522.3%0.3%
11. Newburgh, New York90[details] 27%9.2%11.2%23$32,5199.8%57.7%28,25925.8%0.3%
12. Hamtramck, Michigan90[details] 32.3%11.9%11.5%26$30,4967.8%39%22,97627%0.2%
13. Pontiac, Michigan89.3[details] 29.4%8.5%10.3%23$36,3918.9%60.9%66,33722.1%0.2%
14. Saginaw, Michigan88.9[details] 29.4%11.4%10.4%19$29,9458.6%53%61,79928.5%0.2%
15. Hartford, Connecticut88.7[details] 33.2%9.5%12.4%24$27,0518.3%72.3%121,57830.6%0.3%
16. Jackson, Michigan88.5[details] 32%11.9%13.1%20$39,0729.1%26.1%36,31619.6%0.3%
17. Dayton, Ohio88.5[details] 36.9%12%14.4%22$34,9787.1%46.6%166,17923%0.2%
18. Lebanon, Pennsylvania88.5[details] 35.3%16.6%8.6%21$34,0457.4%14.5%24,46116.2%0.2%
19. Marysville, California88[details] 31.5%13.1%10.9%24$33,4747.3%29.1%12,26818.9%0.1%
20. Bridgeton, New Jersey88[details] 27.4%10.9%7.3%25$30,5027.3%61.1%22,77126.6%0.3%
21. South Salt Lake, Utah87.7[details] 32.5%7.6%13.4%22$35,3539.3%24.8%22,03816.3%0.2%
22. Flint, Michigan87.4[details] 31.9%10.5%11.3%25$31,4249%58.6%124,94326.4%0.3%
23. Muskegon Heights, Michigan87.4[details] 30.1%10.6%4.5%19$26,1449.8%82.3%12,04929.6%0.1%
24. Bridgeport, Connecticut86.8[details] 29%11.5%12.2%26$39,5718.2%55%139,52918.4%0.2%
25. Brunswick, Georgia86.6[details] 33.7%15.3%11.4%18$28,5647.6%63.6%15,60030.4%0.3%
26. Inkster, Michigan86.5[details] 28%10.8%12.1%26$41,1768%74.9%30,11519.5%0.2%
27. Hagerstown, Maryland86[details] 35.1%14.3%11.8%21$38,1497.9%14.1%36,68718.1%0.2%
28. Woonsocket, Rhode Island85.9[details] 32.7%15.2%10.1%24$38,3537.6%16.9%43,22419.4%0.2%
29. North Charleston, South Carolina85.8[details] 28.6%9%13.8%23$32,8688%55.2%79,64123.2%0.3%
30. Benton Harbor, Michigan85.8[details] 26.8%8.2%4.2%18$19,25010.4%94.5%11,18242.6%0.2%
31. Lima, Ohio85.4[details] 32.3%13.3%9.5%18$32,4058.1%30.7%40,08122.7%0.4%
32. Elmira, New York85.4[details] 34.5%13.8%14.6%18$33,5927%18%30,94023.1%0.3%
33. Painesville, Ohio85.2[details] 31.2%10.3%12.4%22$41,0009.4%23%17,50316%0.2%
34. Lorain, Ohio85.1[details] 27.3%14%9.9%23$39,4548%30.3%68,65217.1%0.2%
35. Kansas City, Kansas85.1[details] 29.1%11.6%11.7%22$39,4918.1%44.2%146,86617.1%0.3%
36. Covington, Kentucky85[details] 36.2%11.9%13.3%23$38,3077.8%13%43,37018.4%0.3%
37. Westwego, Louisiana84.9[details] 26.2%12.5%5.3%26$31,1877.3%24.8%10,76322.4%0.1%
38. Canton, Ohio84.4[details] 33%14.3%11.8%20$35,6807.8%25.5%80,80619.2%0.1%
39. Whitehall, Ohio84[details] 34.7%12%11.2%24$37,2967.2%25.6%19,20114.9%0.1%
40. Yuba City, California83.6[details] 26.8%12.2%14.4%26$39,3818.1%33%36,75818.1%0.3%
41. Zanesville, Ohio83.4[details] 33.4%15.5%11.4%22$31,9328.1%14.5%25,58622.4%0.2%
42. Portsmouth, Virginia83.2[details] 27.6%13.8%13.8%24$39,5777.1%54.2%100,56516.2%0.3%
43. Hopewell, Virginia83[details] 27.6%14.6%10.2%23$38,0437.5%37.7%22,35414.9%0.2%
44. Lexington, North Carolina83[details] 29.1%15.3%14%20$32,3397.3%41.2%19,95321.2%0.2%
45. Phenix City, Alabama82.9[details] 30.5%14.2%12.6%21$33,7407.1%47.1%28,26521.3%0.2%
46. Fort Valley, Georgia82.5[details] 30.6%11.4%13.5%24$24,2067.2%77.9%8,00537.7%0.2%
47. Mount Pleasant, Texas82.3[details] 26.7%13.6%13%16$32,3319.5%43.3%13,93522.8%0.3%
48. Yazoo City, Mississippi82.1[details] 26.9%11.9%13.1%22$22,4707.7%71.3%14,55040.2%0.3%
49. Rayne, Louisiana82.1[details] 27.4%13.6%7.7%25$27,9918.3%34.4%8,55229.5%0.3%
50. Cordele, Georgia81.9[details] 29.5%14.5%11.7%18$21,6778.8%68.1%11,60841.6%0.4%
51. Tallulah, Louisiana81.9[details] 27.4%10.7%10.8%19$20,1009.2%76.8%9,18943.5%0.2%
52. Springfield, Ohio81.7[details] 32.2%15.2%12.7%20$39,8907.5%22%65,35816.9%0.4%
53. Thomasville, North Carolina81.6[details] 28.8%14.3%9.6%20$35,9338.1%30.4%19,78816.2%0.1%
54. Bessemer, Alabama81.4[details] 29.3%16.5%9.2%25$28,2307.7%71.1%29,67227.2%0.1%
55. Del City, Oklahoma80.3[details] 27.3%14.6%12.9%20$36,5157.4%25.8%22,12813.3%0.2%
56. Blytheville, Arkansas80.3[details] 28.1%14.1%14.2%17$32,8168.7%54.9%18,27228.6%0.2%
57. Eunice, Louisiana80.1[details] 27.8%15.5%11.1%24$27,1738.1%31.2%11,49931.4%0.3%
58. Martinsburg, West Virginia80.1[details] 37.4%16.4%14.8%23$36,9547%16.1%14,97220%0.3%
59. Hope, Arkansas80[details] 29.1%14.6%10.3%18$28,4458.6%52.3%10,61627.2%0.4%
60. Mansfield, Ohio79.9[details] 34.5%15.5%13.4%18$37,5417.2%23.2%49,34616.3%0.4%
61. Paris, Kentucky78.1[details] 29.7%15.7%10.4%23$37,3587%15.8%9,18317.8%0.4%
62. Kennett, Missouri78.1[details] 28.9%16.2%11.9%17$34,1677.9%15.6%11,26026.1%0.3%
63. Winchester, Kentucky77.7[details] 29%14%12.6%23$36,7977.2%11.1%16,72415.5%0.2%
64. Morristown, Tennessee77.7[details] 31.1%16.2%13.6%19$33,3917%16.3%24,96519.2%0.4%
65. West Helena, Arkansas77.2[details] 27.7%12.3%12%19$25,01410.1%67.2%8,68935.4%0.3%
66. Brownsville, Tennessee77.2[details] 26.5%13.6%14%22$33,7827.9%63.5%10,74821.3%0.3%
67. Grenada, Mississippi76.8[details] 28.1%15.9%14.3%17$31,3167.3%50.7%14,87923.6%0.3%
68. Bastrop, Louisiana76.7[details] 27.6%15.5%10.7%24$26,2508.1%65.3%12,98835.3%0.3%
69. Sikeston, Missouri75.5[details] 28.2%15.5%14.2%16$36,4207.4%24.5%16,99221%0.3%
70. Franklin, Kentucky75.4[details] 30.5%15.4%10.9%19$38,8077.7%19%7,99613.7%0.2%