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Reading, PA ZIP Codes

12 ZIP codes use the postal name Reading, Pennsylvania (Census 2020 ZCTAs and GeoNames postal codes, October 2026): 10 residential and 2 for PO boxes or a single organization. Median household income runs from $34,582 in 19602 to $110,173 in 19608, 3.2 times as much (Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024). Reading's most populous ZIP code is 19601, with 36,479 people (ACS 2020-2024); 78% of its land is in the city of Reading.

  • ACS2020-24
  • Census2020
  • GeoNames2026

Where are Reading's ZIP codes?

19601: $41k median household income19602: $35k median household income19604: $53k median household income19605: $93k median household income19606: $86k median household income19607: $81k median household income19608: $110k median household income19609: $83k median household income19610: $87k median household income19611: $63k median household income1960619608196051960719610196011960419609196021961119601: $41k median household income19602: $35k median household income19604: $53k median household income19605: $93k median household income19606: $86k median household income19607: $81k median household income19608: $110k median household income19609: $83k median household income19610: $87k median household income19611: $63k median household income19606196081960519607196101960119604196091960219601: $41k median household income19602: $35k median household income19604: $53k median household income19605: $93k median household income19606: $86k median household income19607: $81k median household income19608: $110k median household income19609: $83k median household income19610: $87k median household income19611: $63k median household income19606196081960519607196101960119602
The 10 residential ZIP codes named Reading, shaded by median household income in national fifths (ACS 2020-2024). Select a ZIP to open it. <$54.1k$98.1k+no figure

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 ZCTA cartographic boundaries; ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates (B19013).

How different are Reading's ZIP codes?

The highest median household income is in 19608 ($110,173), the lowest in 19602 ($34,582). Home values run from $96,000 in 19602 to $343,600 in 19610.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates (B19013, B25077, B01003).

All 10 residential ZIP codes of Reading

Residential ZIP codes with the postal name Reading, PA, largest first (ACS 2020-2024); sort by any column
County
19601 Berks County 36,479 9,697 $41k $123k
19606 Berks County 35,853 1,345 $86k $246k
19604 Berks County 30,124 12,079 $53k $119k
19608 Berks County 24,178 919 $110k $332k
19607 Berks County 24,045 2,143 $81k $229k
19605 Berks County 21,419 1,218 $93k $234k
19602 Berks County 18,495 9,062 $35k $96k
19610 Berks County 16,581 2,340 $87k $344k
19611 Berks County 10,986 5,401 $63k $176k
19609 Berks County 9,874 4,301 $83k $247k

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates; 2023 Gazetteer land areas (2020 ZCTAs); town names from simplemaps US ZIP Codes (CC BY 4.0) and GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).

PO Box and single-organization ZIP codes in Reading

2 ZIP codes named Reading have no residential delivery area: post office boxes, or one organization (a large employer, an agency, a university) with its own code. The Census Bureau publishes no figures for them.

Reading, PA: ZIP codes without a residential area, for PO boxes or one organization (GeoNames postal codes; USPS does not publish openly which is which)
ZIPCounty
19603Berks County
19612Berks County

Source: GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0); a ZIP code with no Census ZCTA has no residential delivery area.

Which counties do Reading's ZIP codes reach?

Reading's residential ZIP codes lie in Berks County.

Which places do Reading's ZIP codes cover?

A postal name is not a city limit. By the Census Bureau's places, Reading's residential ZIP codes cover Reading itself and 31 other places, each listed with the ZIP codes that have at least 5% of their land in it or hold most of the place:

  • Wyomissing 19609, 19610
  • Colony Park census-designated 19610
  • Flying Hills census-designated 19607
  • Fox Chase census-designated 19605
  • Gouglersville census-designated 19608
  • Greenfields census-designated 19601
  • Grill census-designated 19607
  • Hyde Park census-designated 19605
  • Jacksonwald census-designated 19606
  • Kenhorst 19607
  • Laureldale 19605
  • Lincoln Park census-designated 19609
  • Lorane census-designated 19606
  • Montrose Manor census-designated 19607
  • Mount Penn 19606
  • Muhlenberg Park census-designated 19605
  • Penn State Berks census-designated 19610
  • Pennside census-designated 19606
  • Pennwyn census-designated 19607
  • Reiffton census-designated 19606
  • Riverview Park census-designated 19605
  • Shillington 19607
  • Sinking Spring 19608
  • Spring Ridge census-designated 19610
  • Springmont census-designated 19609
  • St. Lawrence 19606
  • Stony Creek Mills census-designated 19606
  • West Lawn census-designated 19609
  • West Reading 19611
  • West Wyomissing census-designated 19609
  • Whitfield census-designated 19609

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 ZCTA-to-place relationship file (shares of land).

Which first three digits do Reading's ZIP codes use?

The first three digits of a ZIP code name the sectional center, the mail processing plant that sorts it. Every ZIP code of Reading starts with 196.

Three-digit prefixes of Reading's ZIP codes, the sectional center for each (USPS labeling list L005, effective October 1, 2026) and how many of the prefix's codes are Reading's
PrefixSectional centerHereAll codes
196 Harrisburg, PA (SCF 170) 12 12

All 12 ZIP codes that start with 196 are Reading's: 10 residential codes and 2 PO Box or unique codes, sorted at Harrisburg, PA (SCF 170).

Source: U.S. Postal Service, labeling list L005 (3-digit ZIP Code prefix groups, SCF sortation), effective October 1, 2026.