† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupReadingOhioUnited States
German32.1%22.3%12.5%
Irish15.3%12.3%9.4%
English12.0%11.0%9.5%
Italian5.2%5.8%4.8%
American4.4%5.6%5.3%
Polish2.0%3.2%2.2%
French1.9%1.2%1.6%
Scottish1.9%1.5%1.3%
African American†8.6%10.5%9.9%
African0.4%0.6%0.5%
Mexican1.2%2.0%11.3%
Guatemalan0.7%0.2%0.5%
Puerto Rican0.5%1.2%1.8%
Cuban0.2%—0.7%
Nicaraguan0.2%——
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Reading
Ohio
United States
Median age
45.3
39.8
39.1
Age 18–24
6.1%
8.9%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
18.8%
18.3%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Reading
Ohio
United States
Median household income
$61,866
$71,389
$84,427
Poverty rate
12.0%
13.3%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
24.5%
31.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Reading
Ohio
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
2.5%
8.0%
22.3%
Spanish
1.1%
2.7%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Reading
Ohio
United States
Catholic
—
15.4%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
19.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
52.2%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Reading, Ohio
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−33.7%
2008
−21.9%
2012
−19.8%
2016
−26.9%
2020
−20.0%
2024
−21.1%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
38.9%Harris1,987
60.0%Trump3,064
1.1%
R+21.1
R+1.1
R+19.6
5,106
R
39.1%Biden2,081
59.1%Trump3,148
1.8%
R+20.0
D+6.9
R+24.5
5,326
R
34.1%Clinton1,717
61.1%Trump3,071
4.8%
R+26.9
R+7.2
R+29.0
5,028
R
39.1%Obama2,054
58.8%Romney3,092
2.1%
R+19.8
D+2.1
R+23.6
5,255
R
38.2%Obama2,057
60.1%McCain3,236
1.7%
R+21.9
D+11.8
R+29.2
5,387
R
33.0%Kerry1,826
66.7%Bush3,693
0.4%
R+33.7
—
R+31.2
5,539
Reading sits in the Industrial Midwest. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 33.7 points in 2004. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 1.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 21.1 points.
A population of 10,502, a 82% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $61,866 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Cold Spring and Dent.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Reading, Ohio voted Republican by 21.1 points (R+21.1), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 5,106 votes cast, 1,987 went Democratic and 3,064 went Republican.
How many people live in Reading, Ohio?
Reading, Ohio has a population of 10,502 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Reading, Ohio?
Median household income in Reading, Ohio is $61,866 — below the national median of $80,734. The Ohio state median is $71,389.
What is the political history of Reading, Ohio?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Reading, Ohio from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
