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Reading vs Mount Pleasant

Reading, PA compared with Mount Pleasant, SC · 564 miles apart

Reading has 95,832 residents to Mount Pleasant’s 95,469. Reading comes out ahead on median rent, average commute, price to income. Mount Pleasant does better on median household income, homeownership, bachelor's degree +.

Reading, PA Mount Pleasant, SC
Population 95,832 95,469
Density (per sq mi) 9,736 1,918
Median household income $44,091 $124,755
Median home value $121,300 $748,500
Median rent $1,067 $2,159
Homeownership 40.6% 73.6%
Average commute 24.1 min 24.9 min
Median age 31.9 42.6
Bachelor's degree + 11.4% 68.4%
Poverty rate 28.7% 6.1%
Unemployment 13.7% 3.3%
Price to income 2.8×

Highlighted where one city is clearly better on that measure. Population, density, home value and median age carry no highlight — a higher number there is good or bad depending on what you want.

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