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.

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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.

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.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

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) .

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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, .