19609
Reading, Pennsylvania.
Reading, Berks County, PA · Reading, PA metro · population 9,874
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$879 (+138%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $7,415 +3%
- $281,465$288,880 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $78,922 +38%
- $209,957$288,880 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- 19609$1,516
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 11 years.
Typical home values in zip 19609 rose 2.6% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Zillow also publishes an index for the city itself: Reading, PA — measured over the city limits, which is a different area from this zip.
Asking rent — 19609
Against the Reading, PA metro and the national benchmark.
- 19609$1,644
- Reading$1,551
- United States$1,932
Typical home value — 19609
Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- 19609$288,880
- Reading$310,920
- United States$366,157
Within 20 miles
Showing 30 of 53 zips in range — sorting picks from all 53.
| Miles sorted ascending, activate to sort descending | Zip activate to sort by Zip | City activate to sort by City | Population activate to sort by Population | Rent activate to sort by Rent | Home value activate to sort by Home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.4 | 19610 | Reading | 16,581 | $1,973 | $379,148 |
| 2.3 | 19608 | Reading | 24,178 | $1,679 | $393,501 |
| 2.9 | 19611 | Reading | 10,986 | $1,563 | $235,584 |
| 3.4 | 19601 | Reading | 36,479 | $1,312 | $182,919 |
| 3.7 | 19607 | Reading | 24,045 | $1,578 | $275,609 |
| 4.2 | 19602 | Reading | 18,495 | $1,269 | $143,073 |
| 5.0 | 19565 | Wernersville | 9,302 | — | $340,109 |
| 5.0 | 19604 | Reading | 30,124 | $1,357 | $170,631 |
| 5.6 | 19605 | Reading | 21,419 | $1,472 | $296,035 |
| 6.5 | 19540 | Mohnton | 11,957 | $1,660 | $392,563 |
| 6.6 | 19533 | Leesport | 8,648 | — | $362,826 |
| 6.6 | 17569 | Reinholds | 7,323 | — | $393,200 |
| 6.7 | 19501 | Adamstown | 823 | — | $320,242 |
| 7.3 | 19606 | Reading | 35,853 | $1,645 | $300,217 |
| 7.5 | 19560 | Temple | 9,137 | $1,852 | $275,169 |
| 8.0 | 19551 | Robesonia | 4,778 | — | $331,177 |
| 9.2 | 17517 | Denver | 14,686 | $1,454 | $394,435 |
| 9.5 | 19508 | Birdsboro | 14,871 | $1,700 | $335,210 |
| 10.1 | 19510 | Blandon | 8,010 | — | $365,343 |
| 10.5 | 19541 | Mohrsville | 4,367 | — | $380,242 |
| 11.3 | 19506 | Bernville | 7,108 | — | $403,307 |
| 11.4 | 17578 | Stevens | 7,504 | — | $392,924 |
| 11.7 | 19555 | Shoemakersville | 3,577 | — | $286,174 |
| 12.1 | 19543 | Morgantown | 6,401 | — | $449,982 |
| 12.2 | 19567 | Womelsdorf | 6,057 | $1,196 | $308,493 |
| 12.3 | 17581 | Terre Hill | 180 | — | $350,526 |
| 12.6 | 19522 | Fleetwood | 14,127 | $1,700 | $351,824 |
| 12.7 | 19547 | Oley | 4,579 | — | $391,113 |
| 12.8 | 17519 | East Earl | 7,127 | $1,650 | $439,620 |
| 13.5 | 19518 | Douglassville | 16,805 | — | $446,408 |
Coordinates and population from SimpleMaps US Zips (Basic). Rent and home values from Zillow Research.