Reading, KS
Single-footprint Census roll-up for Reading, KS: 1 USPS ZIP, population 764. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.
U.S. Census Bureau, SimpleMaps US ZIP Code Database, delivery-area ZIP coverage
ACS city ledger plate
Sheet READING-KS · Reading, KS 1 ZIPs · 764 pop · #3936/25278 · Lyon County
INC-HIGH · RANK-TOP · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-HIGH · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW
- INC-HIGH $103,393
- RANK-TOP #3936/25278
- ABOVE-PEER over Hartford
- BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
- OWN-HIGH 92% owners
- POP-VILLAGE 764
- SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
- HOME-LOW $150,000
Nearest income peer: Hartford, KS ( $7,143 income $)
Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Reading
Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Reading on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.
- Neosho Rapids · lowest $37,422
Neosho Rapids · lowest
$37,422 median HH income
- Allen · near
Allen · near
$57,819 median HH income
- Americus · near
Americus · near
$81,000 median HH income
- Olpe · near
Olpe · near
$93,333 median HH income
- Hartford · near
Hartford · near
$96,250 median HH income
- Reading · this city · highest
Reading · this city · highest
$103,393 median HH income
What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.
National city placement
According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Reading, KS sits among US cities with an upper-quartile household income, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.
- Top 16%
- household income vs 25,278 US cities
- 764
- city population (Census)
- 1
- USPS ZIP codes covered
- $103,393
- avg ZIP median income
Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.
High-income footprint on only 1 ZIP: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $103,393 and home value $150,000 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 26.4%.
Owner-occupancy here runs high (92.4%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.
Within Kansas, Goddard is the closest lower-income city and Wamego the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Reading.
Population concentration
Reading's single ZIP 66868 carries the town
Reading is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 66868 is the entire residential footprint (764 ACS residents), so the city page and the ZIP page tell the same household story, open that ZIP for income, tenure, and commute detail.
Census ZBP business roll-up
Sparse ZBP book inside single-ZIP Reading
Citywide ZBP: 7 establishments, 34 employees , annual payroll $752k (~9 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 66868 (7 units) .
ZIP Codes in Reading, KS
These ZIP codes sit in Lyon County, which covers 8 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Reading. See the Lyon County roll-up →
No other city sharing Lyon County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Reading. Emporia, Americus and Olpe sit below it, so a household comparing this county on income alone starts here. Neosho Rapids marks the far end of that range at $37,422, 64% below Reading.
| ZIP Code | Population | Median income | Establishments | Density |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66868 | 764 | $103,393 | 7 | 2 |
Reading roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Reading, .