Fastest-Appreciating ZIP Codes in Reading, PA (2026)

Ranked by 5-year compound annual growth in home values. Fast growth and strong cash flow rarely appear in the same ZIP — this is the other side of that trade.

# ZIP City Home value Rent Cap rate 5-yr growth
1 19602 Reading, PA $144,189 $1,184 6.41% 12.7%
2 19601 Reading, PA $187,219 $1,268 5.28% 11.6%
3 19604 Reading, PA $172,247 $1,321 5.98% 9.7%
4 19611 Reading, PA $239,725 $1,777 5.78% 7.8%
5 19560 Temple, PA $278,845 $1,695 4.74% 7.6%
6 19555 Shoemakersville, PA $290,017 $1,323 3.56% 7.6%
7 19562 Kutztown, PA $266,887 $1,476 4.31% 7.3%
8 19605 Reading, PA $300,225 $1,642 4.27% 7.3%
9 19607 Reading, PA $279,799 $1,619 4.51% 7.2%
10 18011 Alburtis, PA $370,623 $1,854 3.90% 7.1%
11 19526 Hamburg, PA $303,943 $1,150 2.95% 7.1%
12 19507 Bethel, PA $358,798 $1,206 2.62% 7.0%
13 19609 Reading, PA $295,147 $1,617 4.27% 7.0%
14 19518 Douglassville, PA $448,638 $1,710 2.97% 6.9%
15 19508 Birdsboro, PA $340,867 $1,600 3.66% 6.9%
16 19606 Reading, PA $306,021 $1,547 3.94% 6.9%
17 19540 Mohnton, PA $399,159 $1,625 3.18% 6.9%
18 19510 Blandon, PA $368,868 $1,530 3.24% 6.9%
19 19534 Lenhartsville, PA $388,932 $1,188 2.38% 6.8%
20 19533 Leesport, PA $367,493 $1,206 2.56% 6.7%
21 19530 Kutztown, PA $365,763 $1,413 3.01% 6.7%
22 19522 Fleetwood, PA $357,238 $1,700 3.71% 6.6%
23 19543 Morgantown, PA $452,524 $1,485 2.56% 6.5%
24 19567 Womelsdorf, PA $314,555 $1,395 3.46% 6.5%
25 19539 Mertztown, PA $363,209 $1,665 3.58% 6.5%

Ranked from Repit’s own ZIP-level data — Zillow home values and rents, HUD fair-market rents where Zillow has no coverage, and U.S. Census vacancy. Cap rate is gross: annual rent over purchase price, before financing and expenses. Every ZIP above links to its full free page. How we calculate this →

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