19606
Reading, Pennsylvania.
Reading, Berks County, PA · Reading, PA metro · population 35,853
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$926 (+142%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $10,562 +4%
- $289,654$300,217 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $80,648 +37%
- $219,569$300,217 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.
- 19606$1,576
- 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 19606 rose 3.6% 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 — 19606
Against the Reading, PA metro and the national benchmark.
- 19606$1,645
- Reading$1,551
- United States$1,932
Typical home value — 19606
Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- 19606$300,217
- Reading$310,920
- United States$366,157
Within 20 miles
Showing 30 of 61 zips in range — sorting picks from all 61.
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 19604 | Reading | 30,124 | $1,357 | $170,631 |
| 3.2 | 19602 | Reading | 18,495 | $1,269 | $143,073 |
| 4.5 | 19611 | Reading | 10,986 | $1,563 | $235,584 |
| 4.5 | 19601 | Reading | 36,479 | $1,312 | $182,919 |
| 4.8 | 19560 | Temple | 9,137 | $1,852 | $275,169 |
| 5.4 | 19508 | Birdsboro | 14,871 | $1,700 | $335,210 |
| 5.5 | 19607 | Reading | 24,045 | $1,578 | $275,609 |
| 5.8 | 19547 | Oley | 4,579 | — | $391,113 |
| 6.3 | 19610 | Reading | 16,581 | $1,973 | $379,148 |
| 6.4 | 19605 | Reading | 21,419 | $1,472 | $296,035 |
| 7.2 | 19518 | Douglassville | 16,805 | — | $446,408 |
| 7.3 | 19609 | Reading | 9,874 | $1,644 | $288,880 |
| 7.7 | 19510 | Blandon | 8,010 | — | $365,343 |
| 8.1 | 19522 | Fleetwood | 14,127 | $1,700 | $351,824 |
| 8.9 | 19540 | Mohnton | 11,957 | $1,660 | $392,563 |
| 9.2 | 19533 | Leesport | 8,648 | — | $362,826 |
| 9.4 | 19512 | Boyertown | 15,794 | $1,401 | $340,184 |
| 9.5 | 19608 | Reading | 24,178 | $1,679 | $393,501 |
| 11.7 | 19543 | Morgantown | 6,401 | — | $449,982 |
| 11.9 | 19555 | Shoemakersville | 3,577 | — | $286,174 |
| 12.2 | 19565 | Wernersville | 9,302 | — | $340,109 |
| 12.4 | 19501 | Adamstown | 823 | — | $320,242 |
| 12.5 | 19520 | Elverson | 6,277 | — | $484,542 |
| 12.7 | 19505 | Bechtelsville | 3,135 | — | $337,632 |
| 13.2 | 19541 | Mohrsville | 4,367 | — | $380,242 |
| 13.4 | 17569 | Reinholds | 7,323 | — | $393,200 |
| 13.5 | 19465 | Pottstown | 18,564 | $2,784 | $501,711 |
| 13.8 | 19464 | Pottstown | 49,101 | $1,766 | $312,427 |
| 13.9 | 19539 | Mertztown | 3,823 | — | $358,950 |
| 14.2 | 19562 | Topton | 2,947 | — | $264,206 |
Coordinates and population from SimpleMaps US Zips (Basic). Rent and home values from Zillow Research.