Port Reading is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP)[9] in Woodbridge Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States.

Port Reading is in northeastern Middlesex County, in the northeast part of Woodbridge Township.

It is bordered to the southeast by the tidal Arthur Kill, across which is Staten Island, New York.

The New Jersey Turnpike passes through Port Reading, with the closest access being Exit 12 in Carteret.

[1] The 2010 United States census counted 3,728 people, 1,283 households, and 998 families in the CDP.

Of all households, 18.7% were made up of individuals and 10.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

[14] As of the 2000 United States census[6] there were 3,829 people, 1,337 households, and 1,069 families living in the CDP.