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Philadelphia, PA

1,550,542 Population
134.4 square miles 11,540.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.6 ±0.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 39.5 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 41.1 ±0.1

Economics

$37,973 ±$997 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $48,276 ±$485
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $42,605 ±$319
$60,302 ±$1,503 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $86,867 ±$1,004
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $73,824 ±$511

20.3% ±1.6% (306,222  ±23,807) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 11.5% 700,710 (±0.5% / ±31,247)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 12% 1,500,959 (±0.3% / ±35,821)

31.1 minutes ±0.6 (19,381,850  ±596,718) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 29.3 76,307,624 (±0.3 / ±936,690)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.5 143,170,690 (±0.2 / ±1,207,617)

Families

688,112 ±5,822 Number of households
  • the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2,484,152 ±8,664
  • Pennsylvania: 5,324,209 ±13,443
2.2 ±0 (1,501,922  ±1,201) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2.5 6,082,424 (±0 / ±3,042)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 † 12,527,719 (±,104.4 / ±-555,555,600)

4.9% ±0.9% (20,296  ±3,879) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 5.1% 75,590 (±0.4% / ±5,796)
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.2% 149,597 (±0.3% / ±7,546)

Housing

760,242 ±553 Number of housing units
  • the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2,643,828 ±1,234
  • Pennsylvania: 5,839,797 ±484

$246,600 ±$5,408 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $356,700 ±$2,499
  • a little less than the amount in Pennsylvania: $259,900 ±$1,736

14.4% ±1.1% (220,253  ±16,164.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 10.6% 655,230 (±0.4% / ±26,256.1)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.6% 1,355,260 (±0.2% / ±31,094.2)

Social

88% ±1.8% (943,851  ±19,083.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 92.4% 4,039,594 (±0.8% / ±33,148.2)
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.2% 8,455,035 (±0.5% / ±43,404.4)
35.7% ±1.1% (383,148  ±12,229.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 42.3% 1,849,231 (±0.5% / ±22,522.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.3% 3,241,343 (±0.3% / ±27,591.6)

24.8% ±1% (362,494  ±13,950.2) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 17.7% 1,044,505 (±0.4% / ±22,212.2)
  • nearly double the rate in Pennsylvania: 13% 1,598,408 (±0.2% / ±27,363.1)

15.1% ±5,405.1% (233,908  ±12,886) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 12% † 752,110 (±1,071% / ±19,990)
  • nearly double the rate in Pennsylvania: 8% † 1,031,320 (±,341% / ±23,270)

3.5% ±0.3% (42,809  ±3,913) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 4.8% 234,702 (±0.2% / ±8,149)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.9% 614,022 (±0.1% / ±10,859)
42,809 Total veterans ±3,913 38,307 Male ±3,643 4,502 Female ±1,387

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